Eczema mimicking child abuse: a case of mistaken identity

J Burn Care Rehabil. 2002 Sep-Oct;23(5):357-9; discussion 357. doi: 10.1097/00004630-200209000-00011.

Abstract

Many skin conditions can mimic child abuse by burning. Multidisciplinary evaluation of suspicious burns helps prevent both the underreporting and the misdiagnosis of child abuse by burning. We report a case of pediatric eczema mimicking an abusive burn.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Burns / pathology*
  • Child Abuse*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Eczema / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male