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Interhemispheric acute subdural hematoma: A computed tomographic manifestation of child abuse by shaking

✍ Scribed by R. A. Zimmerman; L. T. Bilaniuk; D. Bruce; L. Schut; B. Uzzell; H. I. Goldberg


Book ID
104754777
Publisher
Springer
Year
1978
Tongue
English
Weight
165 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0028-3940

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✦ Synopsis


Parieto-occipital interhemispheric acute subdural hematomas (IASH) were found in 17 (61%) of 28 abused children examined by computed tomography, presenting with neurologic symptoms. CT demonstration of IASH correlated with injury due to severe shaking, the presence of retinal hemorrhages, and the absence of the stigmata of battering. Subsequent computed tomographic examination in these patients demonstrated infarction in 50%, and cerebral atrophy in 100%.