Intraperitoneal bladder rupture in a battered child.
Visceral manifestations of child abuse are less commonly diagnosed than are the characteristic skeletal injuries. We describe a child with intraperitoneal bladder rupture caused by blunt abdominal trauma. Intraperitoneal resorption of the extravasated urine led to laboratory evidence of renal failure.
Sawyer
R W
RW
Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
Hartenberg
M A
MA
Benator
R M
RM
D002649:Child Abuse; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012421:Rupture; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000293:injuries*