Radiology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Bird, C. R.
Right arrow Articles by Apthorp, J. S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Bird, C. R.
Right arrow Articles by Apthorp, J. S.

Radiology, Vol 163, 373-375, Copyright © 1987 by Radiological Society of North America

ARTICLES

Strangulation in child abuse: CT diagnosis

CR Bird, JR McMahan, FH Gilles, MO Senac and JS Apthorp

The central nervous system is commonly affected in child abuse. Between April 1985 and July 1986 three infants were identified in whom the primary mode of injury had been strangulation. In each case computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a large cerebral infarction confined to vascular territories associated with small subdural hematomas. There was no history or visible evidence of significant head trauma. Autopsy of one infant confirmed the presence of a hemispheric infarct, thin subdural hematoma, and an area of subintimal hemorrhage in the carotid artery ipsilateral to the infarct. The remaining two patients survived with residual hemiparesis. CT findings of a large cerebral infarction with an associated subdural hematoma in an infant without a history of a significant trauma should suggest the possibility of child abuse and may be the primary manifestation of abuse in some patients.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 PediatricsHome page
C. Bonnier, M.-C. Nassogne, C. Saint-Martin, B. Mesples, H. Kadhim, and G. Sebire
Neuroimaging of Intraparenchymal Lesions Predicts Outcome in Shaken Baby Syndrome
Pediatrics, October 1, 2003; 112(4): 808 - 814.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 NEJMHome page
A.-C. Duhaime, C. W. Christian, L. B. Rorke, and R. A. Zimmerman
Nonaccidental Head Injury in Infants -- The "Shaken-Baby Syndrome"
N. Engl. J. Med., June 18, 1998; 338(25): 1822 - 1829.
[Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
RADIOLOGY RADIOGRAPHICS RSNA JOURNALS ONLINE
Copyright © 1987 by the Radiological Society of North America.