Eczema mimicking child abuse: a case of mistaken identity.
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.
D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology*; D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004485:Eczema / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male