The eyes of child abuse victims: autopsy findings

Autor:	R S, Riffenburgh, L, Sathyavagiswaran
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	Male Sex Factors Child Preschool Age Factors Humans Infant Retinal Hemorrhage Female Child Abuse Eye Sudden Infant Death
Zdroj:	Journal of forensic sciences. 36(3)
ISSN:	0022-1198
Popis:	The authors studied 77 pairs of eyes removed from children who had died of suspected child abuse. Forty-seven of the cases had retinal hemorrhages. Those showing retinal hemorrhages were younger children and had fewer other stigmata of child abuse. Hemorrhages are more likely to occur in cases where the child was shaken or swung than in those with severe direct head trauma. The authors recommend that examination of the eyes be included in the autopsies of all small children who died without an obvious cause of death. Experience in both processing and reading of ocular material is necessary for reliable results.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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