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- Title
An infant with unexplained multiple rib fractures occurring during treatment in a neonatal intensive care unit.
- Authors
Tsujii, Masaya; Hirata, Hitoshi; Hasegawa, Masahiro; Uchida, Atsumasa
- Abstract
It is generally believed that trauma from child abuse or bone fragility from diseases such as osteogenesis imperfecta accounts for most cases of multiple rib fractures. We report an infant with unexplained fractures from the right 3rd rib through to the 8th rib who had undergone resection of a large cervical tumor and had been admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit. Neither trauma nor bone fragility disease was found in the patient during the detailed investigation conducted by the Malpractice Investigative Committee.
- Subjects
INFANTS; RIB fractures; RIB resection; INTENSIVE care units; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2008, Vol 50, Issue 4, p377
- ISSN
0041-4301
- Publication type
Article