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Shaken baby syndrome
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Summary of Shaken baby syndrome
Shaken baby syndrome is a constellation of medical findings: subdural hematoma, retinal bleeding, and brain swelling from which physicians, consistent with current medical understanding, infer child abuse caused by violent shaking. In a majority of cases there is no visible sign of external injury. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies SBS as "an injury to the skull or intracranial contents of an infant or young child (< 5 years of age) due to inflicted blunt impact and/or violent shaking".

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Central nervous system disorders
Spina bifida
Chiari malformation
Dandy-Walker malformation
Syringomyelia
Tethered spinal cord syndrome
Aqueductal stenosis
Septo-optic dysplasia
Cerebral palsy
Spinocerebellar ataxia (NORD)
Transient ischemic attack
Ischemic stroke
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Epidural hematoma
Subdural hematoma
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Saccular aneurysm
Arteriovenous malformation
Broca aphasia
Wernicke aphasia
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Kluver-Bucy syndrome
Concussion and traumatic brain injury
Shaken baby syndrome
Epilepsy
Febrile seizure
Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (NORD)
Tension headache
Cluster headache
Migraine
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Trigeminal neuralgia
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Alzheimer disease
Vascular dementia
Frontotemporal dementia
Lewy body dementia
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Torticollis
Essential tremor
Restless legs syndrome
Parkinson disease
Huntington disease
Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (NORD)
Multiple sclerosis
Central pontine myelinolysis
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Transverse myelitis
JC virus (Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)
Adult brain tumors
Acoustic neuroma (schwannoma)
Pituitary adenoma
Pediatric brain tumors
Brain herniation
Brown-Sequard Syndrome
Cauda equina syndrome
Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Syringomyelia
Friedreich ataxia
Neurogenic bladder
Meningitis
Neonatal meningitis
Encephalitis
Brain abscess
Epidural abscess
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Central and peripheral nervous system disorders
Sturge-Weber syndrome
Tuberous sclerosis
Neurofibromatosis
von Hippel-Lindau disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Peripheral nervous system disorders
Spinal muscular atrophy
Poliovirus
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Trigeminal neuralgia
Bell palsy
Winged scapula
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Ulnar claw
Erb-Duchenne palsy
Klumpke paralysis
Sciatica
Myasthenia gravis
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Autonomic nervous system disorders
Orthostatic hypotension
Horner syndrome
Nervous system pathology review
Congenital neurological disorders: Pathology review
Headaches: Pathology review
Seizures: Pathology review
Cerebral vascular disease: Pathology review
Traumatic brain injury: Pathology review
Spinal cord disorders: Pathology review
Dementia: Pathology review
Central nervous system infections: Pathology review
Movement disorders: Pathology review
Neuromuscular junction disorders: Pathology review
Demyelinating disorders: Pathology review
Adult brain tumors: Pathology review
Pediatric brain tumors: Pathology review
Neurocutaneous disorders: Pathology review

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A 6-week-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his father because he has been unresponsive for an hour. The father states that his son has been crying and extremely fussy for the past 3 days, and that he was finally able to console the child just a few hours ago. However when he went to check on the child, he was unresponsive. His temperature is 36.8°C (98°F), pulse is 42/min, respirations are 11/min, and blood pressure is 156/110 mm Hg. The child is unconscious and unresponsive to verbal or auditory stimuli. Examination shows a bulging anterior fontanelle. Fundoscopic examination is shown below. There are no signs of external trauma. Which of the following would most likely be seen on CT-scan?


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