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Salter-Harris Type IV Fracture of the proximal middle phalanx

Red=Metaphyseal Fracture; Blue=Epiphyseal Fracture

History and Physical Exam

     There is typically a traumatic mechanism combined with pain, functional limitation, swelling, and growth plate tenderness.

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