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Tearing away of the CORTICAL BONE fragment at the location of a strong ligament or tendon attachment. The bone fragment detachment site often occurs near a soft site (e.g., GROWTH PLATE) at the base where LIGAMENTS; TENDONS; or JOINT CAPSULES attach. In younger patients it is most often caused by a sudden forceful pull on a tendon in the opposite direction of the bone movement. In the elderly it is associated with osteoporotic INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURES.
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- Fractures, Avulsion
- Sprain Fracture
- Avulsion Fracture
- Fracture, Avulsion
- Fracture, Sprain
- Fractures, Sprain
- Sprain Fractures
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2017
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- National Library of Medicine. Avulsion Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071562. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071562
- Avulsion Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avulsion_fracture
- Avulsion Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1939887