Frena Tears and Abusive Head Injury
- 1 October 2007
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pediatric Emergency Care
- Vol. 23 (10) , 735-737
Abstract
Tears of the lingual and labial frena have been associated with accidental and nonaccidental injury. Three cases of infants are presented who were evaluated in the hospital with frena tears which were not recognized as manifestations of abuse, discharged home, and subsequently returned with manifestations of severe abusive head injury.Keywords
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