1Post Graduate Student, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMSBhopal, Madhya Pradesh
2Post Graduate Student, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMSBhopal, Madhya Pradesh
3Senior Lecture, Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, RKDF dental College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
4Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMSBhopal, Madhya Pradesh
*Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Email : niranjan.fmt@aiimsbhopal.edu.in Contact: 9438274384
Online Published on 17 September, 2022.
One of the chief and usually missed causes of paediatric non accidental traumas is child abuse. Child abuse is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child battering is a type of child abuse which involves physical abuse of a child by a parent or a caregiver. This includes 1/5th of all child abuse cases. The majority of cases reported to Child Protective Services involve neglect, followed by physical and sexual abuse.
A case of 4 month old female baby brought with history of swelling in left upper arm following vaccination which gradually progress involving both lower limbs followed by rupture of swelling over the right ankle was brought to emergency of AIIMS, Bhopal. X-ray was done and fractures of different stages of fracture healing were seen. The suspicion and diagnosis of battered baby syndrome was made. The case is presented highlighting the role of Clinical forensic medicine unit (CFMU) and handling of such cases where history is often misleading.
Battered Baby, CFMU, Child Abuse, Neglect
