A baby carrier fall leading to intracranial bleeding and multilayered retinal hemorrhages

Anish Raj; Cindy W Christian; Julia E Reid; Gil Binenbaum

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2021.10.008

A baby carrier fall leading to intracranial bleeding and multilayered retinal hemorrhages

J AAPOS. 2022 Apr;26(2):84-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2021.10.008. Epub 2022 Jan 26.

Authors

Anish Raj¹, Cindy W Christian², Julia E Reid², Gil Binenbaum²

Affiliations

¹ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: raja1@chop.edu.
² Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 35091083
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2021.10.008

Abstract

Significant intracranial and retinal hemorrhages are often seen in infants with abusive head trauma, although accidental injury and previously undiagnosed medical disorders are important considerations in the differential diagnosis. We present the case of an infant with confirmed accidental trauma sustained from an adult-worn baby carrier fall with superimposed head crush injury, which resulted in significant cranial, intracranial, and retinal findings.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Child Abuse* / diagnosis
Craniocerebral Trauma* / complications
Craniocerebral Trauma* / diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infant
Retina
Retinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Retinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Shaken Baby Syndrome* / complications
Shaken Baby Syndrome* / diagnosis