The eye in child abuse.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2022
Abstract
Child physical abuse may result in a range of injuries to the globe and surrounding tissues. These injuries have varying degrees of specificity for abuse, and no pattern of injury is unique to abuse. Easily overlooked eye injuries in non-ambulatory infants often portend more severe abuse and require careful evaluation for occult injury when they are unexplained. Retinal hemorrhages are most often a sign of significant trauma and the severity of the hemorrhages generally parallels the severity of neurological trauma. Ophthalmologists contribute important data that more easily distinguish medical disease from trauma, but caution is needed in differentiating accidental from inflicted trauma. This distinction requires careful consideration of the complete clinical data and occasionally on additional law enforcement or child welfare investigation.
Volume
38
Issue
12
First Page
2335
Last Page
2344
ISSN
1433-0350
Published In/Presented At
Christian, C. W., & Binenbaum, G. (2022). The eye in child abuse. Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 38(12), 2335–2344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-022-05610-8
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
35871261
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article