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Case Reports
. 1980 Nov;10(2):103-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF01001749.

Unsuspected costo-vertebral fractures demonstrated by bone scanning in the child abuse syndrome

F W Smith, D L Gilday, J M Ash, M D Green
Case Reports

Unsuspected costo-vertebral fractures demonstrated by bone scanning in the child abuse syndrome

F W Smith et al. Pediatr Radiol. 1980 Nov.

Abstract

Many patterns of injury have been described in the child abuse syndrome. Until recently, all the bone manifestations of this syndrome have been diagnosed radiologically. Four cases of multiple costovertebral fracture diagnosed by bone scan are described and their etiology discussed. The use of bone scanning in identifying fractures which previously would have been missed is advocated.

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