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„Scalping“

Mögliches Phänomen der Kindesmisshandlung

„Scalping“

A possible indicator for child abuse

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Die Vorstellung eines 18 Monate alten Jungen in der Klinik erfolgte wegen einer massiven Schwellung und eines ausgedehnten Hämatoms der Stirn und der Augenlider. Die Mutter hatte zunächst angegeben, dass das Kind vom Dreirad gestürzt sei. In der kranialen Computertomographie (CCT) zeigte sich ein ausgedehntes subgaleales Hämatom. Knöcherne Verletzungen bestanden nicht. Im Ermittlungsergebnis hatte die Mutter den Kopf des Kindes zwischen ihrem Arm und ihrem Brustkorb fest eingeklemmt und mehrfach ruckartig hin und her gerissen. Die Mutter wurde wegen Kindesmisshandlung verurteilt.

Abstract

An 18-month-old boy was brought to hospital because of massive swelling and extensive haematoma of the forehead and eyelids. At first the mother reported that the child had fallen from his tricycle. Cranial computed tomographyy revealed an extensive subgaleal haematoma but bony injuries were not found. The results of police investigations revealed that the mother had locked the child’s head firmly between her arm and chest and jerked it backwards and forwards several times. The mother was convicted of child abuse.

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Schultes, A., Lackner, K. & Rothschild, M. „Scalping“. Rechtsmedizin 17, 318–320 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00194-007-0462-y

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