Forensic investigations into suspected inflicted injury of children can distress children and their parents. Forensic paediatricians and paediatric social workers have the unenviable role of investigating the possible causes of injury, assessing families' psychosocial circumstances and making recommendations to statutory child protection authorities which are likely to have long-lasting impacts. Diagnostic accuracy is paramount.We present the case of a 2-month-old baby referred for forensic medical assessment in relation to suspected bruising that repeated skin examinations over time revealed to be a reticular vascular malformation.
A previously well 11-month-old infant was brought to a tertiary paediatric emergency department (PED) by ambulance with a decreased conscious state. His mother reported hearing him 'wheezing' from an adjacent room and found him to be poorly
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