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Wounds and Injuries > Fractures, Bone > Fractures, Avulsion

Preferred term

Fractures, Avulsion  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Fracture, Sprain
  • Fractures, Sprain
  • Sprain Fracture
  • Sprain Fractures

Scope note

  • Tearing away of the CORTICAL BONE fragment at the location of a strong ligament or tendon attachment. The bone fragment detachment site often occurs near a soft site (e.g., GROWTH PLATE) at the base where LIGAMENTS; TENDONS; or JOINT CAPSULES attach. In younger patients it is most often caused by a sudden forceful pull on a tendon in the opposite direction of the bone movement. In the elderly it is associated with osteoporotic INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURES.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071562

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