A Child with Multiple Petechiae and Eczematous Plaques.

Autor: Moore, Mary M., Hurst, Erik B., Chastain, Susan, Barnes, Cheryl J.
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Zdroj: Pediatric Dermatology; Jul/Aug2007, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p417-418, 2p, 2 Color Photographs
Abstrakt: The article presents a diagnostic case concerning a male infant with a multiple petechiae on his abdomen and eczematous plaques over the head and neck, who was born to a 26-year-old mother whose pregnancy was complicated by thrombocytopenia and presumed maternal lupus. The diagnosis in this child proved to be Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, confirmed by flow cytometry, wherein it showed a decreased amount of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein in the patient's lymphocytes and monocytes.
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