@article{ref1,
title="Can birth trauma be confused for abuse?",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2010",
author="Patonay, Bryan C. and Oliver, William R.",
volume="55",
number="4",
pages="1123-1125",
abstract="An unexpected infant death is usually investigated with a complete autopsy. If evidence of prior trauma is found at autopsy in these cases, suspicion is raised for nonaccidental trauma. In a young infant, the residua of trauma received during birth has the potential to be incorrectly interpreted as nonaccidental trauma. We report a the findings of a 4 1/2-month-old-infant that died unexpectedly with a healing linear skull fracture and a circular lesion over the calvarium found at autopsy. Though this lesion was concerning, the remainder of the autopsy and the histological findings did not support a diagnosis of recent trauma. Review of the literature describing birth injuries made the diagnosis of healing, residual birth trauma more convincing in this case.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01393.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01393.x"
}