Child abuse: subdural haemorrhage in children under the age of 2 years in El-Minia governorate

ABSTRACT

The current work was performed to study the prevalence and prognosis of subdural hemorrhage in infants and young children under the age of two years in El-Menia Governorate as well as the clinical presentation, number of cases due to child abuse and if the investigations used are parallel to the great progression in the history of criminology or not. The study included all infants and young children under the age of 2 years whom were received in El- Menia General Hospital with subdural hemorrhages over a period of one year. Twenty-eight cases of subdural hemorrhages were identified, 17 boys and 11 girls. There was a great deficiency in the investigations used. The study also showed a clear relation between subdural hemorrhage and skull fracture[s], other traumatic injuries, retinal hemorrhages and the presence of previous family history of child abuse