title: Eczema mimicking child abuse: a case of mistaken identity.
abstract: Many skin conditions can mimic child abuse by burning. Multidisciplinary evaluation of suspicious burns helps prevent both the underreporting and the misdiagnosis of child abuse by burning. We report a case of pediatric eczema mimicking an abusive burn.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology*; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004485:Eczema / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male