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Clinical triad: | Clinical triad: | ||
*Retinal haemorrhage. | |||
*SDH. | |||
*Brain swelling. | |||
Pathologic triad: | Pathologic triad: | ||
*SDH. | |||
*Retinal haemorrhage. | |||
*Retro-orbital haemorrhage. (???) | |||
Subcortical slit-like haemorrhages:<ref>URL: [http://books.google.com/books?id=0tZIcDDe6bAC&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=slit+white+matter+hemorrhage&source=bl&ots=1v-PVo2cmI&sig=HCnZBVYvyst8vC-ZcXL396pTrIk&hl=en&ei=oh2JTMy-NsSqlAf78qyBDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=slit%20white%20matter%20hemorrhage&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=0tZIcDDe6bAC&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=slit+white+matter+hemorrhage&source=bl&ots=1v-PVo2cmI&sig=HCnZBVYvyst8vC-ZcXL396pTrIk&hl=en&ei=oh2JTMy-NsSqlAf78qyBDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=slit%20white%20matter%20hemorrhage&f=false]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref> | Subcortical slit-like haemorrhages:<ref>URL: [http://books.google.com/books?id=0tZIcDDe6bAC&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=slit+white+matter+hemorrhage&source=bl&ots=1v-PVo2cmI&sig=HCnZBVYvyst8vC-ZcXL396pTrIk&hl=en&ei=oh2JTMy-NsSqlAf78qyBDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=slit%20white%20matter%20hemorrhage&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=0tZIcDDe6bAC&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=slit+white+matter+hemorrhage&source=bl&ots=1v-PVo2cmI&sig=HCnZBVYvyst8vC-ZcXL396pTrIk&hl=en&ei=oh2JTMy-NsSqlAf78qyBDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=slit%20white%20matter%20hemorrhage&f=false]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref> | ||
*Classically frontal lobe. | |||
*Shear force. | |||
*Associated with shaken baby. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 9 September 2010
This article covers traumatic brain injury in infants that suspected to be due to abuse, AKA shaken baby syndrome and shaken-impact syndrome.
Clinical triad:
- Retinal haemorrhage.
- SDH.
- Brain swelling.
Pathologic triad:
- SDH.
- Retinal haemorrhage.
- Retro-orbital haemorrhage. (???)
Subcortical slit-like haemorrhages:[1]
- Classically frontal lobe.
- Shear force.
- Associated with shaken baby.
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://books.google.com/books?id=0tZIcDDe6bAC&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=slit+white+matter+hemorrhage&source=bl&ots=1v-PVo2cmI&sig=HCnZBVYvyst8vC-ZcXL396pTrIk&hl=en&ei=oh2JTMy-NsSqlAf78qyBDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBEQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=slit%20white%20matter%20hemorrhage&f=false. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.