CORONAL-PLANE TRANSCONDYLAR FRACTURE OF THE HUMERUS IN A CHILD

A coronal plane fracture of the distal humerus in a child is an uncomm on fracture, with the most familiar example being a capitellar fractur e. An unusual coronal fracture of the entire distal humeral articular surface (capitellum and trochlea) occurred in a three-year-old boy. Th is fracture pattern has been described in adults but is believed to be previously unreported in children. This Salter-Harris Type IV fractur e was initially misdiagnosed as a lateral humeral condyle fracture. Th ree years after treatment with open reduction and pin fixation, the di stal humerus shows no evidence of growth disturbance.