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Images in emergency medicine
Fracture in a middle-aged man: uncovering the inside story
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A 41-year-old man with a 4-year history of maintenance haemodialysis presented to the emergency department with painful disability of his right arm after a falling accident from 3-step stairs. Physical examination revealed local swelling, deformity and tenderness of the right arm. Radiography demonstrated a transverse and displaced fracture of the right distal humerus (figure 1). Unexpectedly, …
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Contributors L-CC: first author, conception and S-NH: design and drafting of the article. C-CC: image technical support. C-CW: corresponding author, important intellectual content, and final approval of the article.
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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.