Fractures of the calcaneal apophysis.

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Abstract

[Indexed for MEDLINE] 3. J Pediatr Orthop. 1987 Jul-Aug;7(4):428-35. doi: 10.1097/01241398-198707000-00010. Physeal injuries of the cervical spine. Lawson JP, Ogden JA, Bucholz RW, Hughes SA. Four cases of cervical spine growth plate ("ring apophysis") injury are described. Two nonfatal injuries involved anterior displacement of a portion of the inferior physis and epiphyseal ossification center in the lower cervical spine. Neither injury was associated with neurological damage. Follow-up roentgenograms demonstrated healing, but with a spur-like prominence in one patient. A third patient sustained a fatal separation through the inferior end plate of C2. The fourth patient sustained a complete separation of C6 from C7. These injuries are correlated with pathologic specimens and normal developmental anatomy. DOI: 10.1097/01241398-198707000-00010