Perimacular retinal folds from childhood head trauma

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7442.754

BMJ 2004;328:754-756 (27 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7442.754

Clinical review

Evidence based case report

Perimacular retinal folds from childhood head trauma

P E Lantz, associate professor¹, S H Sinal, professor², C A Stanton, associate professor¹, R G Weaver, Jr, associate professor³

¹ Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA, ² Department of Paediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, ³ Department of Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Correspondence to: P E Lantz plantz@wfubmc.edu

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

Introduction

A previously healthy 14 month old child was transferred to ourmedical centre with a severe head injury. The father had collectedthe boy and his 3 year old brother from their mother at hisworkplace car park and taken them home while their mother wentto work. The children had been watching television while thefather prepared dinner. After hearing something fall, the fatherfound the boy on the floor with the television covering theright side of the head and anterior chest. A homemade televisionstand was partially across the child's lower legs. His olderbrother stated, "television fell." As soon as the father removedthe television, he noticed the child's head beginning to swell.A neighbour drove them to the local hospital. According to thefather and the neighbour, the child never stopped breathingand no resuscitative efforts were attempted.

Cranial computed tomography showed extensive head injuries.. . . [Full text of this article]

-->

Postmortem evidence

-->

Search for published evidence

Results

Supporting evidence

Discussion

CiteULike

Complore

Connotea

Del.icio.us Add to Digg

Digg

StumbleUpon Add to Technorati

Technorati What's this?

Relevant Articles

The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Response to editorial from 106 doctors: Robert M Reece
BMJ 2004 328: 1316-1317. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Authors' reply: J F Geddes and J Plunkett
BMJ 2004 328: 1317. [Extract] [Full Text]

The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: J F Geddes and J Plunkett
BMJ 2004 328: 719-720. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shaken baby syndrome: Brian Harding, R Anthony Risdon, and Henry F Krous
BMJ 2004 328: 720-721. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patterns of presentation of the shaken baby syndrome: Four types of inflicted brain injury predominate: Robert A Minns and Anthony Busuttil
BMJ 2004 328: 766. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patterns of presentation of the shaken baby syndrome: Subdural and retinal haemorrhages are not necessarily signs of abuse: James LeFanu and Rioch Edwards-Brown
BMJ 2004 328: 767. [Extract] [Full Text]

Reluctance in child protection must be for several reasons: Ashok Beckaya
BMJ 2004 328: 767. [Extract] [Full Text]

This article has been cited by other articles:

Bhatnagar, A., Wilkinson, L. B., Tyagi, A. K., Willshaw, H. E. (2009). Subinternal Limiting Membrane Hemorrhage With Perimacular Fold in Leukemia. Arch Ophthalmol 127: 1548-1550 [Full text]
Kivlin, J. D., Currie, M. L., Greenbaum, V. J., Simons, K. B., Jentzen, J. (2008). Retinal Hemorrhages in Children Following Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes: A Case Series. Arch Ophthalmol 126: 800-804 [Abstract] [Full text]
Gardner, H. B. (2007). Retinal Folds. Arch Ophthalmol 125: 1142-1142 [Full text]
Levin, A. V. (2006). Retinal Hemorrhages of Crush Head Injury: Learning From Outliers. Arch Ophthalmol 124: 1773-1774 [Full text]
Lueder, G. T., Turner, J. W., Paschall, R. (2006). Perimacular Retinal Folds Simulating Nonaccidental Injury in an Infant. Arch Ophthalmol 124: 1782-1783 [Full text]
McNeely, P.D., Atkinson, J.D., Saigal, G., O'Gorman, A.M., Farmer, J.-P. (2006). Subdural hematomas in infants with benign enlargement of the subarachnoid spaces are not pathognomonic for child abuse.. Am. J. Neuroradiol. 27: 1725-1728 [Abstract] [Full text]
Kulvichit, K. (2004). Circumpapillary Retinal Ridge in the Shaken-Baby Syndrome. NEJM 351: 2021-2021 [Full text]
Spivack, B. (2004). Distinguishing Abusive from Accidental Head Trauma. AAP Grand Rounds 12: 47-47 [Full text]
Miller, M., Leestma, J., Barnes, P., Carlstrom, T., Gardner, H., Plunkett, J., Stephenson, J., Thibault, K., Uscinski, R., Niedermier, J., Galaznik, J. (2004). A Sojourn in the Abyss: Hypothesis, Theory, and Established Truth in Infant Head Injury. Pediatrics 114: 326-326 [Full text]
Lantz, P., Block, R. W. (2004). Junk Science and Glass Houses. Pediatrics 114: 330-330 [Full text]
Reece, R. M (2004). The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Response to editorial from 106 doctors. BMJ 328: 1316-1317 [Full text]
Geddes, J F, Plunkett, J (2004). The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome: Authors' reply. BMJ 328: 1317-1317 [Full text]
Geddes, J F, Plunkett, J (2004). The evidence base for shaken baby syndrome. BMJ 328: 719-720 [Full text]
Harding, B., Risdon, R A., Krous, H. F (2004). Shaken baby syndrome. BMJ 328: 720-721 [Full text]
LeFanu, J., Edwards-Brown, R. (2004). Patterns of presentation of the shaken baby syndrome: Subdural and retinal haemorrhages are not necessarily signs of abuse. BMJ 328: 767-767 [Full text]

Rapid Responses:

Read all Rapid Responses

Of course other trauma can cause retinal haemorrhage: Brett Halliday
bmj.com, 26 Mar 2004 [Full text]
apples to oranges: Heather J Lohr
bmj.com, 27 Mar 2004 [Full text]
What are your feelings on this ?: Lois Herlihy
bmj.com, 27 Mar 2004 [Full text]
Mechanism of formation of peri-macular folds: Richard M Gregson
bmj.com, 30 Mar 2004 [Full text]
Killer Televisions: Debra D. Esernio-Jenssen
bmj.com, 1 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Re: Killer Televisions - Give us a break!: Heather Lohr
bmj.com, 1 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Re: Mechanism of formation of peri-macular folds: L. Travis Haws
bmj.com, 1 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Accidental and non-accidental shaken brain injuries: Robert Sunderland
bmj.com, 2 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Re: Killer Televisions: Patrick E. Lantz
bmj.com, 3 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Is the current SBS diagnostic criteria science, or assumption?: Hilary Bulter
bmj.com, 4 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Re: Re: Killer Televisions: Heather Lohr
bmj.com, 5 Apr 2004 [Full text]
The Flying TV Syndrome: Fikri M Abu-Zidan, et al.
bmj.com, 14 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Retinal signs in shaken baby syndrome-an ophthalmologist's perspective: Scott J Robbie
bmj.com, 24 Apr 2004 [Full text]
Re: Retinal signs in shaken baby syndrome-an ophthalmologist's perspective: Heather Lohr
bmj.com, 25 Apr 2004 [Full text]