Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • Chapter 3 - The Neuropathology of Shaken Baby Syndrome or Retino-Dural Haemorrhage of Infancy

  • from Section 2 - Medicine
  • Edited by Keith A. Findley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Cyrille Rossant, University College London, Kana Sasakura, Konan University, Japan, Leila Schneps, Sorbonne Université, Paris, Waney Squier, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Knut Wester, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
  • Book:
    Shaken Baby Syndrome
    Published online:
    07 June 2023
    Print publication:
    08 June 2023, pp 33-65

  • Summary

    Shaken baby syndrome (SBS), in its many guises (abusive head trauma, non-accidental injury, etc.) has been widely accepted and taught among paediatricians for more than 50 years. The central tenet of the hypothesis is that shaking can cause any or all of subdural haemorrhage (SDH), retinal haemorrhage (RH), and encephalopathy. These same pathologies are seen in normal newborn babies and infants after a range of insults, including trauma, and reflect the immature anatomy and pathophysiology of the infant brain and its covering membranes. Spinal damage is increasingly invoked to support the shaking diagnosis. This chapter examines the various brain, eye, and spinal pathologies claimed to be due to shaking, setting them in the context of the anatomy and specific vulnerabilities of the infant. We evaluate the empirical evidence that neuropathology can provide to support or refute these claims.