Infant who had been abused

Musculoskeletal
Gross pathological image of posterior rib fractures in child abuse
CXR (above) and complete skeletal survey showed no evidence of rib fractures. Gross pathological image (below) shows callus formation along the posterior aspect of the left 4th-8th ribs.

The diagnosis was left 4th-8th chronic posterior rib fractures which were not detected on the skeletal survey in a child abuse patient.

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