Citation

McEniery J, Hanson R, Grigor W, Horowitz A. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 1991; 7(3): 166-168.

Affiliation

Children's Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1876509

Abstract

A six-week-old infant presented with rib trauma and a lung contusion from a nonaccidental compressive chest injury. He developed an illness consistent with diffuse alveolar damage, which worsened over 26 hours. This was complicated by a pneumomediastinum, and the patient recovered with conservative management. The value of isotope bone scanning in addition to x-rays is discussed. Nonaccidental injury should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a pulmonary contusion.

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