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**Notably absent features of a real (ante-mortem) fracture: hematoma, brain injury. | **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. | **Mechanism to explain trauma not present in history; a fall/tripping not sufficient. | ||
===Child abuse-related=== | ===Child abuse-related=== | ||
*Paravertebral nodules = classic location for rib fractures in child abuse. | *Paravertebral (bony) 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> | *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> | ||