Battered Child Syndrome
Alternate Names : Child Abuse, Non-Accidental Trauma (NAT)
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Diagnosis & Tests
Physical examination may show other injuries, such as:
- Multiple retinal hemorrhages (bleeding in the back of the eye)
- Internal damage such as bleeding or rupture of an organ from blunt trauma
- Any fracture in an infant that is too young to walk or crawl
- Evidence of epiphyseal fractures (often multiple) of long bones or spiral type fractures that result from twisting
- Fractured ribs
- Evidence of skull fracture (multiple fractures of different ages may be present)
- Subdural hematoma (collection of blood in the brain) without plausible explanation
Tests that reveal physical injuries include:
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