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Cerebral Traumatism With a Playground Rocking Toy Mimicking Shaken Baby Syndrome
Author(s) -
Sauvageau Anny,
Bourgault André,
Racette Stéphanie
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00664.x
Subject(s) - shaken baby syndrome , autopsy , poison control , medicine , hematoma , injury prevention , subdural hematomas , medical emergency , pediatrics , child abuse , surgery , pathology
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS), one of the most deadly and devastating forms of child abuse, is caused by violent shaking. The combination of subdural hematoma, retinal hemorrhage, brain swelling, and diffuse axonal injury is highly typical of this syndrome and faced with these autopsy findings, induced traumatic lesions are strongly considered. However, it is known that motor‐vehicle accidents and falls from great height can also produce this pattern of injury. Nevertheless, stories of arms fall, couch fall, or bumped head while the baby is being carried are generally considered incompatible with SBS. We here report a case of a 2‐year‐old boy presenting with all the classic autopsy findings of SBS from a playground rocking toy shaken by an older child.