Recurrent sepsis and gastrointestinal ulceration due to child abuse.
An 11 year old girl developed progressive upper gastrointestinal ulceration and recurrent episodes of intravenous catheter associated polymicrobial septicaemia. Evaluation failed to establish a cause. After exclusion of the parents and careful surveillance of the patient she improved, supporting the diagnosis of suspected child abuse (a form of Meadow's syndrome).
D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology*