Suspicious scars: physical child abuse vs Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

• Main Authors: Amal Nishantha Vadysinghe (Author), Chatula Usari Wickramashinghe (Author), Dineshi Nadira Nanayakkara (Author), Chandishni Ishara Kaluarachchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Child abuse is a sensitive topic among many medical practitioners and the diagnosis of this entity requires awareness about conditions which can mimic physical child abuse. Here, the authors present a case of a 13-year-old school non-attendee who was referred due to multiple scars, over areas prone...