%0 Journal Article %A R K Oates %T Overturning the diagnosis of child abuse. %D 1984 %R 10.1136/adc.59.7.665 %J Archives of Disease in Childhood %P 665-666 %V 59 %N 7 %X Three cases, one of bullous impetigo, one of a Mongolian spot, and one of constriction of the toe by a hair, were mistakenly diagnosed as cases of child abuse. The diagnosis of child abuse is not usually simple and requires a careful evaluation of the injuries and the family if cases are not to be either overlooked or overdiagnosed. %U https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/59/7/665.full.pdf