Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse (3^rd Ed.)

This updated edition of the leading text on the imaging of child abuse and its imitators combines radiographic images with pathologic correlates of inflicted injuries. Presented in full color for the first time, it contains many new photomicrographs and clinical images of bone scintigraphy, CT, MRI and sonography. Presenting radiologic findings in clinical, biomechanical and medicolegal contexts, a wealth of new material relating to extremity, thoracic, spinal and intracranial injuries is included. Chapters on intracranial (extra-axial and parenchymal), visceral and miscellaneous injuries, and MRI physics have been revised and expanded, while new chapters cover disorders of calcium and phosphorus metabolism and an extended discussion of skeletal injury. Complete with technical discussions explaining the physical principles and instrumentation of imaging equipment, this is essential reading for radiologists, pediatricians, forensic pathologists and emergency room physicians. Additionally, it will be of interest to a wide array of legal professionals.

List of contributors; Foreword to the third edition Diego Jaramillo; Foreword to the second edition Clément J. Fauré; Foreword to the first edition John A. Kirkpatrick, Jr; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editor's note on the third edition; List of acronyms; Introduction Paul K. Kleinman; Part I. Skeletal Trauma: 1. The skeleton: structure, growth and development, and basis of skeletal injury Andrew E. Rosenberg; 2. Skeletal trauma: general considerations Paul K. Kleinman, Andrew E. Rosenberg and Andy Tsai; 3. The lower extremity Paul K. Kleinman; 4. The upper extremity Paul K. Kleinman; 5. Bony thoracic trauma Paul K. Kleinman; 6. Dating fractures Michelle M. Walters and Paul K. Kleinman; 7. Differential diagnosis I: diseases, dysplasias and syndromes simulating abuse Paul K. Kleinman and Paula W. Brill; 8. Differential diagnosis II: disorders of calcium and phosphorus metabolism Ingrid Holm and Jeannette M. Perez-Rossello; 9. Differential diagnosis III: osteogenesis imperfecta Ralph S. Lachman, Deborah Krakow and Paul Kleinman; 10. Differential diagnosis IV: accidental trauma Paul K. Kleinman; 11. Differential diagnosis V: obstetric trauma Paul K. Kleinman; 12. Differential diagnosis VI: normal variants Paul K. Kleinman; 13. Evidence-based radiology and child abuse Christopher S. Greeley; 14. Skeletal imaging strategies Paul K. Kleinman; 15. Postmortem imaging Paul K. Kleinman; Part II. Abusive Head and Spinal Trauma: Editor's note regarding the abusive head and spinal trauma section Paul K. Kleinman; Introduction to the abusive head and spinal trauma section Gary L. Hedlund; 16. Abusive head and spinal trauma: clinical and biomechanical considerations Lori D. Frasier and Brittany Coats; 17. Abusive head and spinal trauma: scalp, subscalp and cranium Paul K. Kleinman, Brittany Coats and V. Michelle Silvera; 18. Abusive head and spinal trauma: extraaxial hemorrhage and non-hemic collections Gary L. Hedlund; 19. Abusive head and spinal trauma: parenchymal injury P. Ellen Grant; 20. Abusive head and spinal trauma: intracranial imaging strategies V. Michelle Silvera, P. Ellen Grant, Gary L. Hedlund and Paul K. Kleinman; 21. Abusive head and spinal trauma: abusive craniocervical junction and spinal trauma Paul K. Kleinman and V. Michelle Silvera; Part III. Visceral Trauma and Miscellaneous Abuse and Neglect: 22. Visceral trauma Katherine Nimkin and Paul K. Kleinman; 23. Miscellaneous forms of abuse and neglect Paul K. Kleinman; Part IV. Diagnostic Imaging of Abuse in Societal Context: 24. Psychosocial considerations Alice W. Newton and Amy C. Tishelman; 25. Child abuse and the law I: general issues for the radiologist Sandeep K. Narang; 26. Child abuse and the law II: the radiologist in court and fundamental legal issues Martha Coakley; 27. The radiologist's response to child abuse Paul K. Kleinman; Part V. Technical Considerations and Dosimetry: 28. Radiological image formation: physical principles, technology and radiation dose considerations Andrew Karellas and Srinivasan Vedantham; 29. The physics and biology of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): medical miracle anyone? Robert V. Mulkern; 30. Quality assurance and radiographic skeletal survey standards Patricia L. Kleinman; Index.

Paul K. Kleinman is Division Chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.