title: Diffusion-weighted MRI in shaken baby syndrome.
abstract: We present the characteristic CT and MRI findings of a 2-month-old girl with shaken baby syndrome. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging performed 8 days after the insult established the presence of injury to the white matter in the corpus callosum and subcortical white matter in the temporo-occipito-parietal region. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging is valuable in the diagnostic work-up of suspected shaken baby syndrome, as injury to the white matter can be demonstrated days after the injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China. yl190chan@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Yu-Leung
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Winnie C W
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Gary W K
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: David K W
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Yeung
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D038642:Shaken Baby Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed