Child abuse fracture through physiologic periosteal reaction.
Because infants from 1 to 6 months of age often normally show symmetric diaphyseal periosteal reaction, careful analysis of the reaction at a midshaft fracture site is needed to date the fracture, especially in a child-abuse evaluation. We present a case of an acute fracture through such physiologic reaction.
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, OH 45267-0742, USA.
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D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography