(A) Anteroposterior radiograph of a nine-year-old boy demonstrating the location of the ossification centers. A common physeal line (arrow) separates the medial and lateral condylar physes.
(B) Relationship of the ossification centers to the articular surface. The common physis terminates in the trochlear notch (arrow).
(C) Location of the usual fracture line involving the medial condylar physis (arrows).
Reproduced with permission from: Glotzbecker MP, Kasser JR. Distal Humeral Physeal, Medial Condyle, Lateral Epicondylar, and Other Uncommon Elbow Fractures. In: Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children, 8th ed, Flynn JM, Skaggs DL, Waters PM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2014. Copyright © 2014 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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