Chronic bullous disease of childhood--another cause for potential misdiagnosis of sexual abuse?
There have been several reports of unusual skin conditions producing genital lesions that can be mistaken for sexual abuse. We report on another unusual skin condition, well known to dermatologists, that can again lead to potential misdiagnosis of sexual abuse.
Coleman
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Dunsbury Way Clinic, Havant.
Shrubb
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D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000175:diagnosis*