ABSTRACT

The radiological abnormalities associated with suspected child abuse can be extremely subtle. If missed, a baby or child may be returned to an environment where episodes of abuse may escalate. Similarly, a wrongful diagnosis can lead to an infant being removed from loving carers. This atlas will be of particular use to radiologists (both in training and at consultant level), and also to other doctors who may be first in line to encounter suspected abuse, including paediatricians, accident and emergency doctors, orthopaedic surgeons and pathologists. It uses numerous radiographs from Professor Hall's collection amassed over three decades, including many examples of the sorts of difficult cases and normal variants that are found in day to day practice. It offers assistance with the initial interpretation of what are often difficult and subtle findings in the emotionally charged environment that frequently exists when child abuse is suspected.

part A|1 pages

Image production, display and interpretation in child abuse

chapter 1|12 pages

Evidence-based radiology in child abuse

part B|1 pages

Skeletal injuries in child abuse

part I|1 pages

Axial skeleton

chapter 2|28 pages

Skull

chapter 3|25 pages

Ribs

chapter 4|11 pages

Flat bones and spine

part II|1 pages

Appendicular skeleton and viscera

chapter 5|25 pages

Diaphyseal fractures

chapter 6|12 pages

Classical metaphyseal lesions (CMLs)

chapter 7|17 pages

Visceral injuries

part III|1 pages

Differential diagnoses

chapter 8|17 pages

Normal variants

chapter 9|28 pages

Pathological conditions

part IV|1 pages

Differential diagnoses

chapter 10|64 pages

Fracture healing

part V|1 pages

Examples

chapter 11|103 pages

Cases