Extensive Retinal Haemorrhages in Infancy—An Innocent Cause

Citation:

Bacon CJ, Sayer GC, Howe JW, Extensive retinal haemorrhages in infancy—an innocent cause. British Medical Journal 281, February 1978.

Notes:

• The parents were questioned because child abuse was suspected. Their answers were frank, consistent, and entirely convincing, and their family doctor and health visitor attested to their excellent parenting. Not a single feature in their social background, the history, or the physical findings supported the suspicion of child abuse.
• The authors conclude that vigilance for child abuse must be balanced by open-mindedness to alternative explanations for its typical features.
• Retinal hemorrhages are not invariably diagnostic.

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