Pseudobattering of Vietnamese children (cao gio).
The case of a Vietnamese child who was subjected to the folk medicine practice of cao gio by his father after a routine dental extraction is described. The practice and the clinical appearance are discussed to distinguish it from child abuse.
D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014481:United States; D014744:Vietnam / Q000208:ethnology