title: The floppy infant: a new manifestation of nonaccidental injury.
abstract: A 9-week-old infant who sustained a nonaccidental cervical spine fracture with spinal cord injury is reported. Such an injury has not been previously reported in such a young child. The clinical features raised initial difficulties in diagnosis, and management was hampered by the lack of recorded experience of such an injury in such a young infant. Conservative management was employed and the infant has made a partial recovery. The distinctive features of spinal injury in young children are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bullock
mesh_terms: D001497:Battered Child Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*