A 6-Day-Old Male Infant With Linear Band of Skin-Colored Papules
| Autor: | Ernesto M. Gonzalez, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Cynthia M. C. Deklotz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pregnancy business.industry Papule Anatomy Medial compartment of thigh medicine.disease Genital lesions Dermatology Miscarriage medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome medicine Abdomen medicine.symptom Left upper extremity business |
| Zdroj: | JAMA Pediatrics. 168:859 |
| ISSN: | 2168-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.74 |
| Popis: | A6-day-oldmale infantpresentedtotheemergencydepartmentwith a linearbandof skin-coloredpapulesonhis left upper extremity. These papules had been present at birth and were persistent at the time of thepatient’s initial hospital discharge.Becauseno resolutionhadbeen noted over the next few days, the patient was taken to his primary care physician for evaluation and then sent to the emergencydepartment for furtherworkup.Thepatientwasafebrile.Thepatient’s mother noted that both the pregnancy and the delivery were uncomplicated. She denied ever having a miscarriage and had anotherhealthymalechildathomewithoutanysimilar lesions.Themother had ahistory of varicella as a child; shedid not have ahistory of herpes simplex virus and had no oral or genital lesions at the time of delivery. On examination, the patientwas noted to have 2to 3-mmvesicles on the leftupperextremity ina linear,bandlikedistribution (Figure,A), and similar 2to 3-mm deep-seated vesicles on his left medial thigh in a whorledconfiguration, approximately4 × 3cm in total size (Figure,B). In addition, the patient had a 1-mm vesicle on his abdomen. Quiz at jamapediatrics.com A B |
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