Author/Authors :
Mondal، Nivedita نويسنده Department of Neonatology, Jawaharlal Institute of
Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry,
India , , Biswal، Niranjan نويسنده Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of
Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry,
India , , Narayanan، Parameswaran نويسنده Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of
Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry,
India ,
Abstract :
We report on a three-year-old child, a case of battered baby
syndrome. A three-year-old female child was brought with multiple
bruises, fracture of left femur and features of raised intracranial
tension. The etiology was unclear at presentation. Inconsistencies in
history given by the mother, a background of poverty and single
parenthood, presence of multiple bruises over the body, multiple
infarcts in Computerized Tomography (CT) scan, absence of external
calvarial injuries and finally subdural hematoma in the autopsy report
led to the diagnosis of child abuse. Every clinician must be alert to
the possibility of battered baby in a child with multiple
injuries.
