Citation

Reece RM, Arnold J, Splain J. Child Maltreat. 1996; 1(4): 364-367.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077559596001004009

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Three cases of inflicted hypopharyngeal perforation, an unusual manifestation of child physical abuse, are presented here. The extant literature on abusive pharyngeal injuries is reviewed with a discussion of the features that distinguish inflicted from unintentional etiologies. A glossary of medical terminology is provided at the end of the article.

Language: en