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Fractures of the acromion in young children and a description of a variant in acromial ossification which may mimic a fracture

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We report on six children, from 2 to 19 months old, with a defect across the root of the acromion (basiacromion) diagnosed as a fracture in four and as an anatomical variant (separate ossification center for the lateral half of the basiacromion) in the other two.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Children's Medical Center, 1935 Motor Street, Dallas, Texas, USA

    G. Currarino

  2. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    G. Currarino

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    P. Prescott

  4. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

    P. Prescott

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Currarino, G., Prescott, P. Fractures of the acromion in young children and a description of a variant in acromial ossification which may mimic a fracture. Pediatr Radiol 24, 251–255 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015447

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