Yania M. Lopez-Alvarez MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Lorell Ruiz BS, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Miguel G. Echevarria MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gory Ballester MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Maria Teresa Melendez MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. To review the imaging findings of non-accidental trauma, from most to least specific. 2. To elucidate patterns of lesions in non-accidental child trauma. 3. To review the differential diagnosis in patients with non-accidental trauma. 4. To emphasize the importance of high index of suspicion and awareness of non-accidental trauma.

1. Review of the imaging findings of non-accidental trauma, including plain films, MDCT, and bone scans. 2. Pictorial review of lesions according to high, moderate, and low specificity (i.e. sternal fractures, complex skull fractures, linear skull fractures) 3. Review of the imaging findings of conditions that may mimic non-accidental trauma, including osteogenesis imperfecta, rickets, and leukemia.

Early diagnosis of non-accidental trauma in children is critical. Radiologists play a key role in the diagnosis of non-accidental trauma and other etiologies that may mimic its findings. Imaging modalities, including plain films, CT, and bone scans, may complement each other to increase accuracy for the diagnosis of non-accidental trauma.

Lopez-Alvarez, Y, Ruiz, L, Echevarria, M, Ballester, G, Melendez, M, Nonaccidental Trauma: What the Clinician Needs to Know.  Radiological Society of North America 2011 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, November 26 - December 2, 2011 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2011/11007114.html