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Two cases of pancreatitis associated with the trauma of child abuse are reported. In the first case the skeletal survey was initially negative but the child later showed widespread roentgen evidence of intramedullary necrosis and periosteal new bone reaction. These lesions healed without treatment. In the second patient, the pancreatitis was accompanied by ascites and subsequently by bile peritonitis, duodenal obstruction, and a bile-filled abscess in the pancreas. This patient had skeletal fractures. The clinical problems of these 2 patients emphasize the need not only to relate pancreatitis to the battered child syndrome but also to distinguish between the bone changes due to direct trauma and those related to pancreatitis.
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PMID:Pancreatitis and the battered child syndrome. Report of 2 cases with skeletal involvement. 120 Feb 46

Diagnostic imaging plays an important role in the recognition, evaluation, and follow-up of visceral injuries in the battered child syndrome. Conventional radiography is important for the diagnosis of associated skeletal fractures, pulmonary parenchymal injury, gastric dilatation, and pneumoperitoneum. An upper gastrointestinal series is the examination of choice in suspected intramural duodenal hematoma. Ultrasonography is helpful in the diagnosis of retroperitoneal hematoma, acute traumatic pancreatitis, and pancreatic pseudocyst. Nuclear scintigraphy is valuable if injury is limited to the liver or spleen. CT is the imaging modality of choice for assessing generalized blunt abdominal trauma as well as evaluating the extent of injuries to the liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, and mesentery.
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PMID:Radiological evaluation of visceral injuries in the battered child syndrome. 665 17