ATTACKED CHILD SYNDROME: Importance of radiological studies.
Keywords:
Syndrome, child, assault, injury, sequels, x-rays, radiological scanning time of evolution, mechanism of trauma.Abstract
The child syndrome attacked, is one of the cases that are valued at the Forensic Medical Clinic, where you must take into account objective evidence to establish a causal link between the findings evidenced in the ratings with medical documents or radiologic studies made the child, since in most of the time the story provided by the adult in charge does not explain or is not compatible with evidenced injuries. In this article a case in which imaging studies were key to classify the case as exposed assaulted baby syndrome; and the importance and relevance that are conducting these studies.
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