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Metaphyseal and Rib Fractures in Child Abuse

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Jeremy Tucker, HMS IV<br />

Gillian Lieberman, MD<br />

<strong>Rib</strong> Neck Fracture Heal<strong>in</strong>g<br />

•Acute posterior rib neck<br />

fractures: right 4th, 5th, <strong>and</strong><br />

6th possible<br />

•Callus <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g heal<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

rib fractures: right 4th,5th,<br />

<strong>and</strong> 6th rib. (Also callus at<br />

<strong>in</strong>ferior marg<strong>in</strong>s of left 6th<br />

<strong>and</strong> 7th)<br />

Kle<strong>in</strong>man, PK. Diagnostic Imag<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Child</strong> <strong>Abuse</strong>, Second Edition. 1998.<br />

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