Citation

Christian CW, Taylor AA, Hertle RW, Duhaime AC. J. Pediatr. 1999; 135(1): 125-127.

Affiliation

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia; and the Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10393620

Abstract

Traumatic retinal hemorrhages in young children are considered pathognomonic of child abuse. We identified 3 children with unilateral retinal hemorrhages caused by accidental household trauma. The hemorrhages were ipsilateral to intracranial hemorrhage and isolated to the posterior retinal pole.

Language: en