Abuse, Child, Burn, Hot Water/thermal - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

abuse, child burn, hot water/thermal

Body Site

buttock

Age

15 months

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

skin color brown

Morphology

ulcerated (erosion / ulcer)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This toddler was evaluated in the emergency room for suspicious flaccid bullae and erosions that appeared acutely on the buttocks. Although abuse was never proven, these findings were typical of a hot water burn, and the child was placed in a carefully supervised setting. The injury healed with hypopigmentation but no textural change in the skin.

Description

clean well-demarcated superficial erosions and flaccid bullae

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1/28/2003 22:40:02

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