Original Article

An Infant Who Had Rib Fractures Due to Child Abuse

  • Arzu Yedikardeş
  • Osman Hacıhasanoğlu
  • Z. Ebru Bilgiç
  • Hande Özgün
  • Sadettin Sezer
  • Erdal Adal
  • Hüseyin Aldemir

İstanbul Med J 2004;5(4):43-44

Rib fractures are uncommon in infancy and when diagnosed are generally considered to be specific for child abuse . In this paper we present 37 days of a male patient who had cyanosis, respiratuar distress with clavikula and rib fractures which involved the fourth to eigth costachondral junctions.

Keywords: rib fracture, child abuse, infancy