fa عمومى General مروری Review Background: The practitioner must recognize both the warning signs of child abuse and collaborate in the prevention of its consequences. The general objective of our study was to report the different clinical presentations of abused children received in some referral hospitals in Yaoundé that could be used as warning signs in medical consultations. Method: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in some referral hospitals in Yaoundé from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019, i.e. 5 years. All records of children under 18 years of age who were victims of abuse were included in our study consecutively. Statistical analysis was done using Epi-info TM version 7.2 software. Results: Female children were the most frequently abused (121; 91.7%) with an age range of 0-14 years (125; 94.0%). The main reasons for medical consultation were the request for human immunodeficiency virus testing (105; 69.1%) and the suspicion of sexual assault (81; 53.3%). The most frequent traumatic lesions were lacerations (67; 59.3%) with the anogenital area (98; 86.7%) as the main body location. Conclusion: Improving the diagnosis of child abuse by studying clinical signs would be crucial in the fight against this scourge in our context by considering the infectious risk, the suspicion of sexual assault and anogenital lesions as the main warning signs. Sevices, Children, Clinical Presentation, Alert, Cameroon 66 73 http://intjmi.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-461&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 MEGUIEZE Claude-Audrey 10031947532846005004 10031947532846005004 Yes Department of Pediatrics. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I ABBA-KABIR Haamit 10031947532846005005 10031947532846005005 No Department of Public Health. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I. NSEME ETOUCKEY Eric 10031947532846005006 10031947532846005006 No Department of Morphological Sciences and Anatomopathology. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I. VOUNDI VOUNDI Esther 10031947532846005007 10031947532846005007 No Department of Microbiology, Parasitology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I LOWE NANTCHOUANG Jacqueline Michéle 10031947532846005008 10031947532846005008 No Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontology/Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/University of Yaoundé I. NGAPOUT Rainatou 10031947532846005009 10031947532846005009 No . Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/University of Yaoundé I MEKONE NKWELE Isabelle 10031947532846005010 10031947532846005010 No . Department of Pediatrics. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I , KOKI NDOMBO Paul 10031947532846005011 10031947532846005011 No Professor Department of Pediatrics. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. University of Yaoundé I.