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Khalid Al Hawsawi, MD

Diagnosis

collodian baby

Body Site

total body

Age

7 days

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

skin color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

At birth this infant was covered in a collodion membrane. Note the skin pulling back the eye lids and lips causing an ectropion and eclabium. As the membrane desquamated over the first month of life coarse thick scales formed typical of lamellar ichthyosis.

Description

generalized thick parchment like skin, ectropion, eclabium

Categories

neonatal dermatology papulosquamous eruptions genodermatosis/genetic disorder

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5/6/2002 23:27:03

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