Imaging quiz: A child with multiple trauma

Fatal child abuse presenting with multiple vertebral and vascular trauma.

This case study involves the unexplained death of a previously healthy 30-month-old child. Reportedly, she was found unresponsive by her foster father following a 2-hour nap. She was transported to the hospital and died in the emergency room of unknown causes. Blood drawn in the ER showed hemoglobin of 4.3 mg/dL. Postmortem skeletal survey, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, and ret...

O18: In Hospital Management of Child with Road Trauma

Trauma is the most common cause of mortality and morbidity in pediatric population. Caring for the injured child requires special knowledge, precise management, and scrupulous attention to details. All clinicians who are responsible for the care of a pediatric trauma patient, including pediatricians, pediatric emergency room clinicians, and trauma surgeons, must be familiar with every tenet of ...

Photo quiz. A bubble under the tongue of a child.

Photo quiz. Pigmented lesion on the sole in a child.

Volume 88, Number 2 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 135 A six-year-old boy had a pigmented lesion on the sole of his foot that appeared one month earlier. He had no chronic medical problems. Physical examination showed an asymptomatic brown lesion measuring 7 mm (see accompanying figure). The margins were not well defined, and a light-gray halo surrounded the lesion. A scratch test o...

Multiple Trauma in a 5 Years Child with a Longitudinal Follow Up

Luciana Reichert da Silva Assunção1, Karina Gerhardt Bianco1, Pedro Ivo Santos Silva3, Carla Oliveira Favretto1 and Robson Frederico Cunha2* 1Post doctoral student, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil 2Adjunct professor, Department of Pediatric and Social Dentistry, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Araçatuba...