Ipsilateral Galeazzi and Monteggia fracture

Unusual Forearm Injury

“…6 There are only a handful of reports having Monteggia and Galeazzi fracture-dislocation in the same patient and few reports of Monteggia and distal radius fractures. 7-9 We did not document DRUJ dislocation component as per Moore criterion and the patient being a migratory laborer never returned. The Monteggia variant is unique and authors feel that the imaging of this ‘rare of a rare’ fracture pattern is worth sharing with the orthopedics community, particularly students.…”

Homolateral Combined Fracture of Monteggia and Galeazzi. Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…Ipsilateral Monteggia and Galeazzi fractures constitute a very rare condition [3] [4] [5]. Their frequency has not been reported in the literature.…”

“…The association of Monteggia and Galeazzi fractures or bipolar fracture-dislocation of the forearm or "floating radial diaphysis" according to Jupiter [1] was first described by Odena [2]. It is very rare and a few cases are reported in the literature [3] [4] [5]. Fractures of Monteggia or Galeazzi are often misdiagnosed when the radiographs of the forearm do not show the upper and lower joints.…”

“…X-ray of the right forearm on the 12 th day following surgery.isolated Monteggia and Galeazzi fractures is estimated at approximately 1% -2% Monteggia and 3% -6% of Galeazzi fractures[4] [6].Considering the traumatic mechanism, Monteggia fracture results from a direct impact on the ulnar diaphysis, producing dislocation of the radial head, and indirect shock by falling on the hand, with the wrist in extension. Galeazzi fracture results from a direct dorso-radial impact on a forearm in forced pronation and an extended wrist[3] [6] [7][8]. In trauma resulting by road accident as in our patient, the mechanism is more complex.…”

Galeazzi Fracture at the Driver: Case Report

“…Literatürde Galeazzi kırığının etyolojisinde en sık yüksekten düşmeler, trafik kazaları ve iş kazaları yer almaktadır (1). Her ne kadar etyolojide trafik kazaları en sık sebepler arasında yer alsa da, olgumuzdaki gibi trafik kazası sonucu sürücüde oluşmuş Galeazzi kırığı olgularına literatürde nadir olarak rastlanmakta ve bu olgulardan biri kamyon şoförü diğeri ise motosiklet sürücüsü olan iki olgu yer almaktadır (4,5). Sürücü pozisyonunda olan olgumuzda, araç içi trafik kazası sonucu Galeazzi kırığının oluşması ilginç bulunmuş ve olgu adli tıbbi yönleriyle değerlendirilerek sunulmuştur.…”