Pediatric Skull Fractures Contacting Sutures: Relevance in Abusive Head Trauma
Spencer Kriss, James C. Morris, Vesna Martich
Abstract
Skull fracture contacting cranial sutures is common in abusive and accidental pediatric head trauma. However, that a fracture contacts two or more cranial sutures is an imaging finding not previously described that has a significantly higher association with abusive than with accidental head injury.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineSkullHead traumaHead (geology)Skull fractureRelevance (law)SurgeryDentistryPolitical scienceGeomorphologyLawGeologyChild Abuse and Related TraumaRestraint-Related DeathsTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries