Psychosocial considerations

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 24 Psychosocial considerations Alice W. Newton and Amy C. Tishelman Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse, third edition, ed. Paul K. Kleinman. Published by Cambridge University Press. ©…

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Postmortem skeletal imaging

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Chapter 15 Postmortem skeletal imaging Paul K. Kleinman Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse, third edition, ed. Paul K. Kleinman. Published by Cambridge University Press. © Paul K. Kleinman…

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Visceral trauma

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Figure 22.1 Gastric perforation. Two-year-old abused child. The stepfather admitted to striking the child in the abdomen with his upraised knee. A, Massive free air outlines the peritoneal cavity, the…

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Abusive head trauma: scalp, subscalp, and cranium

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Figure 17.1 Normal scalp anatomy. Anatomic representation illustrating the various anatomic layers of the scalp, using the mnemonic SCALP (Skin, Connective subcutaneous tissue, Aponeurotica, Loose avascular connective tissue, Pericranium). (Reprinted…

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Abusive head trauma: parenchymal injury

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Figure 19.1 Delayed necrosis on DWI in a two-month-old infant. This child presented with encephalopathy and respiratory failure requiring intubation. An outside CT was performed due to the encephalopathy and…

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Skeletal trauma: general considerations

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High specificity* CMLs Rib fractures, especially posteromedial Scapular fractures Spinous process fractures Sternal fractures Moderate specificity Multiple fractures, especially bilateral Fractures of different ages Epiphyseal separations Vertebral body fractures and…

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