Gram-negative diplococci in vaginal smear mistaken for child sexual abuse

Lichen sclerosus mistaken for child sexual abuse.

Finally, familial cutaneous collagenoma must be differentiated from two distinct types of eruptive collagenoma. Eruptive collagenoma type 1 is clinically and histologically similar to familial cutaneous collagenoma but without documented familial inheritance. Eruptive collagenoma type 2 presents cutaneous lesions smaller than those of familial cutaneous collagenoma and arranged on the extremiti...

Conditions mistaken for child abuse: Part I.

Vaginal Foreign Bodies and Child Sexual Abuse: An Important Consideration

Vaginal foreign bodies are a complaint occasionally encountered in pediatric clinics and emergency departments, and when pediatric patients present with a vaginal foreign body sexual abuse may not be considered. We describe two children with vaginal foreign bodies who were found to have been sexually abused. Each child had a discharge positive for a sexually transmitted infection despite no dis...

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), may be mistaken for child abuse.

A case of congenital syphilis mistaken for possible child abuse

We describe the case of a 4-month-old male infant diagnosed with early congenital syphilis during evaluation of a left distal humerus fracture. This report emphasizes the importance of screening for syphilis among pregnant women and newborns, and is a reminder of the continued existence of congenital syphilis. (Korean J Pediatr 2009;52:710-712)