Open AccessUnilaterale Netzhautblutungen bei Säuglingen – 2 Fälle von Schütteltrauma?
Author(s) -
Teresa Barth,
Matthias Altmann,
C. Batzlsperger,
Herbert Jägle,
Horst Helbig
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
der ophthalmologe
Language(s) - German
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.294
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1433-0423
pISSN - 0941-293X
DOI - 10.1007/s00347-020-01038-0
Subject(s) - medicine , gynecology , accidental , pediatrics , acoustics , physics
A 2.5-month-old boy and a 2-month-old girl were admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit with impaired consciousness. Both infants had subdural hemorrhages. Because of presumed non-accidental head injury (NAHI) funduscopy was performed, which revealed unilateral hemorrhage in both children. After intensive differential diagnostics NAHI was suspected in both cases and a forensic medical examination was initiated. This case series is important because it shows that unilateral retinal bleeding does not exclude NAHI.