title: Neuroimaging differential diagnoses to abusive head trauma.
abstract: Trauma is the most common cause of death in childhood, and abusive head trauma is the most common cause of traumatic death and morbidity in infants younger than 1 year. The main differential diagnosis of abusive head trauma is accidental traumatic brain injury, which is usually witnessed. This paper also discusses more uncommon diagnoses such as congenital and acquired disorders of hemostasis, cerebral arteriovenous malformations and metabolic diseases, all of which are extremely rare. Diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI is very important for the distinction of non-accidental from accidental traumatic injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, AP-HM Timone 2, 264 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13285, Marseille cedex 05, France. nadine.girard@ap-hm.fr.|Aix Marseille University, UMR CNRS 7339, Marseille, France. nadine.girard@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, AP-HM Timone 2, 264 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13285, Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brunel
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, AP-HM Timone 2, 264 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13285, Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dory-Lautrec
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, AP-HM Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chabrol
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Abusive head trauma; Child; Computed tomography; Head injury; Hematologic diseases; Infant; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metabolic disorders; Subdural hematoma