Citation

Tributsch W, Ambach E, Rabl W. Beitr. Gerichtl. Med. 1990; 48: 613-619.

Vernacular Title

Posttraumatischer Hydrocephalus--Resultat wiederholter Misshandlungen eines

Affiliation

Institut für Gerichtliche Medizin, Universität Innsbruck.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Verlag Franz Deuticke)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2241849

Abstract

Serious physical and psychic abuse of children is a much discussed theme in forensic, juridical and sociological literature. This paper deals with the pitiable case of a meanwhile four years old infant having been battered by his stepmother. At the age of two years the boy was unconscious admitted to the hospital. Computertomography of the brain did not show any pathological findings. Because of multiple effusions of blood of variable age located at the child's body the stepmother was noticed and accused of assault and battery, but the trial ended in acquittal. Two years later the boy suffered from serious neurological symptoms and computertomography showed high-pathological alterations such as hydrocephalus, parietooccipital hygroma and a damage of the brain.

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