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Shaking cervical spine injuries can occur at much lower levels of head velocity and acceleration than those reported for shaken baby syndrome. The proper method for a comprehensive and detailed examination of the neck in pediatric homicide and suspected homicide cases is the en bloc examination of the neck, because the standard examination of the spinal cord not only distorts the anatomical relationship of the cord and osteocartilagenous structures, but also excludes the cervical nerves, ganglia, and the vertebral arteries from being evaluated. Interpretation of gross and microscopic findings using this method requires experience and knowledge of the anatomical relationship and common artifacts, such as epidural, focal intradural, or even isolated nerve hemorrhage to avoid misinterpretation. It is our opinion that this method should be applied to all pediatric homicide or suspected homicide cases, but is not suited for routine or nonsuspicious cases as it will add to the time and cost of medical examiner's operations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.23907\/2016.059","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,4,11]],"date-time":"2017-04-11T10:39:00Z","timestamp":1491907140000},"page":"622-637","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["<i>En Bloc<\/i>\n                    Examination of the Neck in Pediatric Homicide Cases: A Proper Way for Complete Assessment of Neck Trauma"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Zabiullah","family":"Ali","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David R.","family":"Fowler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-2016.059","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"GuthkelchA.N. 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