Peds-MSK - Tibia Fracture
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12 year old came in with a fall from a scooter and right lower leg pain and swelling, just above the ankle. POCUS was performed with a high frequency transducer in longitudinal axis of the area of swelling, which demonstrates the tibia as a discontinuous, displaced, hyperechoic linear structure with an associated mixed echotexture collection just anterior to the discontinuity, suggestive of a displaced tibia fracture with hematoma. Contributor: Allie Grither, MD, St. Louis Children's Hospital (Washington University in St. Louis), @AGPemMD