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A member asked:
How can an eight month old baby break his femur. it was an accident (friend) but web searches show this is fairly rare.?
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Child Abuse: Any child with a long bone fracture should prompt you to call child protective services.
Answered 9/8/2015
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Indeed rare: It is a fair amount of force to cause this. I'm thinking abuse first. Another possibility is pathologic such as osteogenesis imperfecta. Please get formal evaluation now. Possibly other injuries exist.
Answered 9/8/2015
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Bothersome: I would never accept the "accident" story unless the kid was unrestrained in a car crash.Even then, it would be a parenting failure. In my hands this would be followed by a full skeletal survey (x-rays of every bone) and an evaluation by the child and family service experts.
Answered 9/8/2015
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