TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Normal spinous process metaphyseal-equivalent lucency simulating infant abuse fractures
JO  - Skeletal Radiology
A1  - Oestreich, Alan E.
A1  - Anton, Christopher G.
SP  - 1519
EP  - 1522
VL  - 44
IS  - 10
N2  - We report a normal radiographic finding that may be mistaken for child abuse trauma in the posterior thoracolumbar spinous processes of young infants after the first week of life. A lucency paralleling the posterior margin of the ossified spinous process is equivalent to the metaphyseal lucent bands seen normally after about a week of the child's age at the ends of long tubular bones. A similar lucency is seen just under the growth plate of vertebral bodies at that early age, giving the bone-in-bone appearance. Our index case was imaged at 3 weeks and then at 5 weeks of age, with no evidence of periosteal reaction or endosteal callus on that follow-up study, confirming the lack of fractures.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0364-2348
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00256-015-2184-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -