The floppy infant: a new manifestation of nonaccidental injury.
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.
Thomas
N H
NH
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Robinson
L
L
Evans
A
A
Bullock
P
P
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*