The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2008 , Vol 50 , Num 4
An infant with unexplained multiple rib fractures occurring during treatment in a neonatal intensive care unit
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mie University Faculty of Medicine, Tsu City, Japan Tsujii M, Hirata H, Hasegawa M, Uchida A. An infant with unexplained multiple rib fractures occurring during treatment in a neonatal intensive care unit. Turk J Pediatr 2008; 50: 377-379.

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. Keywords : rib fracture, neonate, intensive care unit

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