ABSTRACT

FIGURE 1.1 John Caffey, M.D., the father of pediatric radiology and first to describe the radiologic manifestations of child abuse. (From the Archives of the American College of Radiology. With permission.)

and occasionally, as an ellipse (Figure 1.11). Bowing may result from associated vascular injury and interference with growth 9 or from a torus (greenstick) fracture of the metaphysis (Figure 1.7).