Citation

Sato Y, Yuh WT, Smith WL, Alexander RC, Kao SC, Ellerbroek CJ. Radiology 1989; 173(3): 653-657.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 52242.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Radiological Society of North America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2813768

Abstract

To evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the diagnosis of head injury in child abuse, the authors compared the findings at head MR imaging and computed tomography (CT) in 19 abused children. Subdural hematomas (15 cases), cortical contusions (six cases), and shearing injuries (five cases) were demonstrated to particular advantage with MR imaging. CT remained superior in the detection of subarachnoid hemorrhage. MR imaging appears to be valuable in the assessment of patients with suspected intracranial injury due to child abuse.

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