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Radiograph of the distal right femur of a deceased 7-week-old girl, victim of inflicted traumatic brain injury, shows a metaphyseal spur (arrow) and subperiosteal new bone formation (arrowhead). Both are physiological findings at this age, which not seldomly are incorrectly interpreted as a pathological finding, i.e. metaphyseal corner fracture and a healing fracture
