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ASPEN, COLO. -- Often it takes a good medical detective to determine if anogenital lesions in children are the result of sexual abuse, according to Dr. Elaine C. Siegfried.
Many cases lack absolute diagnostic signs of abuse, so the diagnosis must be based on a carefully directed history gleaned from the child, whenever possible, and the caregiver, as well as telltale characteristics that distinguish abuse from biologic conditions, Dr. Siegfried said at a clinical dermatology seminar sponsored by Medicis.
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