Computed tomography of craniocerebral injury in the abused child.
Computed tomography (CT) was performed in 26 infants and children with craniocerebral trauma related to abuse during a 41-month period. The pattern of brain injury differed from that seen in the nonabused traumatized infant or child. Parieto-occipital acute interhemispheric subdural hematoma (AIHSH) with associated parenchymal injury was the most frequent finding (58%). Follow-up by CT in patients with AIHSH demonstrated infarction in half and cerebral atrophy in all.
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed