[Rubbing with a coin is not abuse].
A 4-year-old Indonesian girl was seen with streaky haematomas on back and chest. Because of fever, throat pain, cough and vomiting, her parents had rubbed her with balm and a coin. Coin rubbing is a harmless, traditional treatment for various illnesses which is regularly used in Southeast Asia. The cutaneous manifestations can be mistaken for battering or a bleeding disorder.
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Emma Kinderziekenhuis/Het Kinder AMC, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Amsterdam.
Winterberg
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D002649:Child Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional
Muntwrijven is geen mishandeling.