Non-accidental injury - bilateral subdural with acute blood
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Clinical suspicion of non-accidental injury. CT scan performed as part of a full skeletal survey and child protection review. CT confirms subdural collections containing mixed density material. The high-density material is acute blood. Blood remains dense for up to 2 weeks when it is generally accepted that the vast majority of blood will have reduced in density to that approaching parenchyma.
- +<p>Clinical suspicion of <a title="Non-accidental injury" href="/articles/non-accidental-injuries">non-accidental injury</a>. CT scan performed as part of a full <a title="Skeletal survey" href="/articles/skeletal-survey">skeletal survey</a> and child protection review. CT confirms subdural collections containing mixed density material. The high-density material is acute blood. Blood remains dense for up to 2 weeks when it is generally accepted that the vast majority of blood will have reduced in density to that approaching parenchyma.</p>
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Clinical suspicion was ofnon-accidental injury and and a CT scan performed to exclude intracranial injury confirmed bilateralsubdural haemorrhage.
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