Relating to methodological shortcomings and the concept of temporary brittle bone diseasedoi: 10.1007/s00223-001-0002-9

Miller, Marvin E.; Hangartner, Thomas N.

doi:10.1007/bf02390839

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“…Marvin Miller, an adherent of the TBBD concept, has advanced a possible theory that proposes a temporary state of increased bony fragility related to decreased fetal movement [46, 47]. His theory has been criticized for methodologic errors, including an incomplete description of the injuries, a subjective history of decreased fetal movement, and a long delay between bone mineral density measurements and the time of trauma [25]. In addition, his use of bone mineral density measurements is flawed in itself, as bone mineral density measurement is unreliable in young infants [16, 44].…”

Section: Mimics Of Abusementioning

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The Radiographic Approach to Child Abuse

Dwek

2011

Clinical Orthopaedics &Amp; Related Research

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BackgroundOsseous injuries are a major facet of child abuse and in most patients radiographic imaging plays a major role in diagnosis. While some injuries are typically produced as a result of excessive and inappropriate force other injuries are nonspecific in terms of their causation, but become suspicious when the history provided by the caretakers is inconsistent with the type of injury produced.Questions/purposesI detail the radiographic imaging of the more characteristic of the highly specific injuries, discuss the major issues that relate to some moderate- or low-specificity injuries, and describe several diseases that mimic abuse.MethodsA review of the current and recent literature focused on the radiographic imaging of child abuse was performed by searching the National Library of Medicine database at pubmed.gov. Keywords used included: radiology, fracture, child abuse, and/or nonaccidental trauma.ResultsInjuries that are highly specific for the diagnosis of abuse include metaphyseal corner fractures, posteromedial rib fractures, and sternal, scapular, and spinous process fractures. Lesions of moderate specificity include, among other injuries, multiple fractures of various ages and epiphyseal separations. Long-bone fractures and clavicular fractures, while common, are of low specificity. In addition to the appropriate accurate diagnosis of these injuries, several diseases and syndromes may mimic abuse due to the similarity in the radiographic picture.ConclusionsStratification of fractures sustained in child abuse according to specificity and an understanding of the several diseases that mimic abuse are helpful in the accurate diagnosis of child abuse.Level of EvidenceLevel V, diagnostic study. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

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