Epidermal nevus misinterpreted as child abuse.
Determining what constitutes true child abuse is not always easy. A child with epidermal nevus and multiple café-au-lait spots was erroneously thought to be a victim of abuse. This report details the features of epidermal nevi. We present these findings with the hope that such misdiagnoses can be avoided in the future.
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D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009506:Nevus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology