Postmortem gastric perforation (gastromalacia) mimicking abusive injury in sudden unexplained infant death

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1595-1597

  Laczniak, Andrew N ^a   Sato, Yutaka ^a   Nashelsky, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Gastromalacia; Intestinal perforation; Postmortem artifact

Indexed keywords

COTININE; NICOTINE;

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; INTESTINE WALL; LIVER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH PERFORATION; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STOMACH; STOMACH RUPTURE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 83555172220     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-011-2061-z     Document Type: Article

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