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==Fractures== | ==Fractures== | ||
===Artefactual=== | |||
*"Undertaker's fracture" - cervical fracture due to rough handling.<ref>URL: [http://www.the-crankshaft.info/2010/07/postmortem-changes_29.html http://www.the-crankshaft.info/2010/07/postmortem-changes_29.html]. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.</ref> | *"Undertaker's fracture" - cervical fracture due to rough handling.<ref>URL: [http://www.the-crankshaft.info/2010/07/postmortem-changes_29.html http://www.the-crankshaft.info/2010/07/postmortem-changes_29.html]. Accessed on: 29 September 2010.</ref> | ||
*Basal skull fracture due to opening of skull.<ref>MSP. 29 September 2010.</ref> | |||
**Classically does not cross sella turcica. | |||
**Notably absent features of a real (ante-mortem) fracture: hematoma, brain injury. | |||
**Mechanism to explain trauma not present in history; a fall/tripping not sufficient. | |||
===Healing=== | |||
*Osteochrondral reaction - early. | |||
===Child abuse-related=== | |||
*Paravertebral nodules = classic location for rib fractures in child abuse. | |||
*Metaphyseal fractures - "classical metaphyseal lesions".<ref name=pmid8615271>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kleinman | first1 = PK. | last2 = Marks | first2 = SC. | title = A regional approach to classic metaphyseal lesions in abused infants: the distal tibia. | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 166 | issue = 5 | pages = 1207-12 | month = May | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8615271 }}</ref> | |||
==Autopsy== | ==Autopsy== | ||