The Role of Cranial MRI in Identifying Patients Suffering from Child Abuse and Presenting with Unexplained Neurological Findings.

A study investigated the usefulness of cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting possible child abuse in 12 children with unexplained neurologic findings. MRI findings were diagnostic for physical abuse in eight cases. A diagnosis of child abuse was made in two more cases by a combination of MRI and survey findings. (Author/CR)