Ablin D S, Reinhart M A
Department of Radiology, University of California, Sacramento.
Pediatr Radiol. 1992;22(5):339-41. doi: 10.1007/BF02016250.
A unique case of child abuse in a six-year-old Hispanic girl is reported. In this case, a tooth avulsed and swallowed during an episode of physical abuse and/or sexual abuse, caused an esophageal perforation resulting in a retropharyngeal abscess and mediastinal abscess containing the tooth. Although traumatic esophageal injuries in child abuse have occurred, the presence of a tooth within the mediastinal abscess is an unique manifestation of child abuse.
