Alba Lucia Reyes Ortiz MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Maria Isabel Garcia-Hidalgo MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Purificacion Calvo, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Sonia DieguezTapias MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Lina Marcela Cruz Hernandez ARRT, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Maria TERESA Herrera Lopez MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Child abuse or nonaccidental trauma (NAT) is a fairly common condition. Its diagnosis is a challenge, however it is imperative that this diagnosis be made to prevent further physical, mental, and emotional harm to the affected children. The radiologist plays a fundamental role in order to document the abuse.The purpose of this paper is to review the clinical and radiologic spectrum of child abuse signs, through the description, analysis of the mechanism and classification of radiological findings of inflicted lesions, by implementing schemes applied to real cases of our hospital, because the key to diagnosing child abuse early is to know and recognize its radiological signs and to keep a high clinical suspicion.

- Background. - Review of the image appearance in the findings of child abuse with a systematic approach to interpretation. - Description of the skeletal injuries in extremities, spine, scapula, and rib cage, as well as head injuries. - Medical illustrations - Tables -CT, X-Rays and MRI images from cases of our hospital.  

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Reyes Ortiz, A, Garcia-Hidalgo, M, Calvo, P, DieguezTapias, S, Cruz Hernandez, L, Herrera Lopez, M, Child Abuse Injuries: Spectrum of Imaging Findings.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14006760.html