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Codman's triangle is a term used to describe the triangular area of new subperiosteral bone that is created when a lesion, often a tumour, raises the periosteum away from the bone. [1]

The main causes for this symptom are osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, and a subperiosteal abscess.[2]

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