Battered Baby: A Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: We report on a three-year-old child, a case of battered baby syndrome. Case Presentation: A three-year-old female child was brought with multiple bruises, fracture of left femur and features of raised intracranial tension. The etiology was unclear at presentation. Inconsistencies in history given by the mother, a background of poverty and single parenthood, presence of multiple bruises over the body, multiple infarcts in Computerized Tomography (CT) scan, absence of external calvarial injuries and finally subdural hematoma in the autopsy report led to the diagnosis of child abuse. Conclusions: Every clinician must be alert to the possibility of battered baby in a child with multiple injuries.