A witnessed short fall mimicking presumed shaken baby syndrome (inflicted childhood neurotrauma).
A witnessed fall backwards of an infant from a sitting position resulted in the subdural hematoma and retinal hemorrhages characteristic of presumed shaken baby syndrome. Violent shaking is not necessary to produce these findings.
Gardner
Horace B
HB
horacebgardner@yahoo.com
D000058:Accidental Falls; D002649:Child Abuse; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D038642:Shaken Baby Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery