PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ellen Einterz
TI  - Recognizing Culturally Related Findings on Refugee Physical Examinations
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170375
DP  - 2018 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 653--657
VI  - 31
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/31/4/653.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/31/4/653.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2018 Jul 01; 31
AB  - On physical examination, refugees from countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East often present with findings that are unfamiliar to primary health care providers in the West. Previous traditional practices that may have left their mark include scarification and burning of the skin, excision of body parts, and subcutaneous insertion of foreign material. The descriptions detailed here introduce providers to some of the signs that result from body modification practices commonly encountered on physical examination of refugees.