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Exactly the opposite is true in which there are many presentations with a trauma history that have no relationship to trauma. As an example the most common presentation for osteogenic sarcoma at this age is pain following a minor trauma. Children at this age are good at remembering injuries even very minor ones so they almost never present with a traumatic injury due to occult trauma.
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