Clinical Progress of Three Cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Kim,  Sung Soo; Yoon,  Hoe Cheol; Lee,  In Kyu; Oh,  Myung Ho; Kim,  Young Chang; Bae,  Hack Gun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society 2004;12(2):252-259.
Published online November 30, 2004.

Clinical Progress of Three Cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome.

Sung Soo Kim, Hoe Cheol Yoon, In Kyu Lee, Myung Ho Oh, Young Chang Kim, Hack Gun Bae

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. inkyu@schch.co.kr
²Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea.

Abstract

Shaken baby syndrome develop as a form of child abuse, with the majority of cases occurring during the first year of life. It results from extreme rotational cranial acceleration and deceleration effects induced by violent shaking of an infant. The characteristic injuries include subdural and subarachnoid hemorrhages, and retinal hemorrhages. We experienced three cases of shaken baby syndrome. Although the history of trauma was little known, all of these cases had subdural hemorrhages. We present the cases with a review of related literature.

Key Words: Shaken baby syndrome, Subdural hemorrhage