Abstract
Sir. —The article by Bays and Jenny 1 in the December 1990 issue of AJDC is a valuable review of the many physical findings that can be confused with sexual abuse. The authors stated that forceful abduction of the legs may cause splitting injuries of midline structures. I would like to report a case in which forceful abduction of the buttocks coupled with misrecognition of a normal structure led to a false assumption of sexual abuse. Report of a Case. —A 12-month-old white girl was brought to the office by her mother. The mother gave a specific history that the father, who had only weekend custody, had had rectal intercourse with her daughter. The mother stated that the child had difficulty with bowel movements after a weekend visitation. The child had already been examined by an emergency department physician and another local pediatrician. Without prompting, the mother then suddenly demonstrated
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