Parietal pseudofracture and spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage suggestingnonaccidental trauma: Report of 2 cases

Massive intracranial hemorrhage, no history of trauma and radiographic find ings that were initially interpreted as linear parietal fractures raised th e possibility of nonaccidental trauma in 2 infants. Both had severe coaguto pathy, 1 due to hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (vitamin K deficiency) a nd the other due to disseminated herpes simplex virus infection. Both infan ts died. At autopsy, the parietal bone abnormalities were not fractures, bu t proved to be an anomalous suture in 1 and a connective tissue fissure in the other. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG. Basel.