Hemophilia and child abuse as possible causes of epidural hematoma: case report
| Autor: | Liliana Mitie Suganuma, Ricardo B. V. Fontes, Almir Ferreira de Andrade, Fernando Campos Gomes Pinto, Raul Marino, Fabrizio Frutos Porro |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Hematoma
Epidural Cranial Male Child abuse Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty child abuse Poison control Hemophilia A Suicide prevention Head trauma Diagnosis Differential Epidural hematoma Hematoma Injury prevention Whiplash Craniocerebral Trauma Humans Medicine Child Abuse business.industry Infant medicine.disease Surgery Neurology hemophilia A Neurology (clinical) epidural hematoma business |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.61 n.4 2003 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Head trauma is an important consequence of child abuse. Specific pathophysiological mechanisms in child abuse are responsible for the ''whiplash shaken-baby syndrome'', which would favour the occurrence of intracranial hemorrhages. CASE REPORT: We report the case of a child who developed epidural hematoma following minor-intensity head trauma. Initial diagnosis of child abuse was made, but subsequent investigation led to the diagnosis of hemophilia A. CONCLUSION: Even though epidural hematoma is not closely associated with child abuse, this aethiology must always be considered when the reported trauma mechanism is out of proportion to the magnitude of the encountered lesions. |
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