Serial Radiography in the Infant Shaken Impact Syndrome

Citation:

Dias MS, Backstrom J, Falk M, Li V: Serial radiography in the infant shaken impact syndrome. Pediatr Neurosurg 29(2):77-85, August 1998.

Abstract

Notes:

• There is little direct evidence concerning the evolution of infant intracranial hemorrhages.
• In one case, a chronic subdural collection did not show on the first scan (2.75 hours after the injury), but did appear on a second scan 17 hours later.
• "These findings challenge some of the current dogma about the timing of radiographic changes following abuse and are important in timing the alleged abuse for legal purposes." (p. 77)