The Medico-legal journal
Volume 85, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 159-161

A report of sexual abuse in an Afghan refugee boy in Iran (Article)

Farhidnia N. , Dadashzadeh Asl N. , Memarian A.
  • a Department of Forensic Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • b Department of Forensic Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • c Department of Forensic Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

All children have the right to complete and integrated physical and psychological protection against abuse. The most important reason and risk factors for child abuse are social causes including poor familial support, poverty, mood disorders in the family, and addiction. Here, we report a case of child abuse of an Afghan child in Iran with a background of mood disturbances who presented with multiple trauma and injury. A nine-year-old Afghan boy was described with multiple injuries on neck, upper and lower extremities, and trunk. On anal examination in knee chest position, a suspected mucosal injury was evident. Interviewing the patient and his sister revealed a report of sexual abuse through the anus by his father.

Author Keywords

boy Sexual abuse

Index Keywords

male case report Child Abuse, Sexual refugee Iran child sexual abuse Physical Examination procedures therapy Cultural Deprivation legislation and jurisprudence diagnosis human Humans Refugees Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049056303&doi=10.1177%2f0025817216681334&partnerID=40&md5=ef4e3ea497fce307461f6facff0f6c10
DOI: 10.1177/0025817216681334
ISSN: 20421834
Original Language: English