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Multiple growing fractures and cerebral venous anomaly after penetrating injuries: delayed diagnosis in a battered child.
- Source :
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Pediatric radiology [Pediatr Radiol] 2001 May; Vol. 31 (5), pp. 381-3. - Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- A growing fracture usually results from a skull fracture with dural tear after blunt head trauma during infancy. We present a case of child abuse with multiple growing fractures resulting from penetrating head trauma by scissors. MR imaging confirmed the presence of growing fractures and revealed a presumably post-traumatic venous anomaly (occluded left cavernous sinus and aberrant posterior venous drainage via the internal cerebral veins). Diagnosis of the growing fractures and venous anomaly was delayed until the age of 15 years. Medical expertise should be more readily available to battered children, and MR imaging is advocated in growing skull fracture to exclude associated post-traumatic brain lesions.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Veins diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Veins physiopathology
Head Injuries, Penetrating etiology
Head Injuries, Penetrating physiopathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Skull Fractures etiology
Skull Fractures physiopathology
Cerebral Veins pathology
Child Abuse
Head Injuries, Penetrating diagnosis
Skull Fractures diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0301-0449
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Pediatric radiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11373932
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470100446