No fracture - just sore bones!

Sarah had a desk-lid dropped on her wrist on Friday at school and despite the pain, she played Softball on Saturday. However, by the time she came home and all day Sunday she kept complaining so today I took her to the doctor.

An x-ray later, showed no fracture, but did show a 'non-ossifying fibroma'
According to the doctor this is not serious nor requires any treatment, but to a mother it is upsetting.

It is a bengin tumor found in children and adolescents. It consists mainly of fibrous tissue that is almost always found in a region of any of the long bones called the metaphysis (the transitional zone where the shaft of the bone joins the end of the bone). These tumors usually produce no symptoms, unless a fracture is involved and usually resolve on their own at skeletal maturity.

Typically a non-ossifying fibroma produces no symptoms, although those that are particularly large can cause chronic bone pain and/or a pathological fracture. They are often discovered by chance on x-rays.

This may explain Sarah's constant complaints about sore bones and suggest that there are further tumors in her legs, where she often experiences pain, as well as in her arm. We may need further investigations, or perhaps even just a little love and sympathy.

Get well my Angel-girl, I love you.