The syndromes of child abuse or non-accidental injury (NAI) are readily recognized. The frequency of NAI requires that it be considered in any child who has been, or appears to have been, traumatized. Nevertheless, great care must be exercised to avoid the parental anxiety and stress that may result from the mistaken diagnosis of child abuse.1 Many conditions mimic NAI, and even well-described ones may be overlooked due to their present rarity.
CASE REPORT
This 10-week-old female infant was comatose, hypotensive, with poorly perfused extremities, and had received cardiopulmonary, resuscitation (CPR). She was the first-born child of a 24-year-old Hispanic mother and a 32-year-old Jewish father.
1575 Undisplaced spiral humeral fracture in a non-ambulant infant – is it always non-accidental injury? : a case report
