Dermatitis, Contact Irritant, Edema - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

dermatitis, contact irritant edema

Body Site

genital penis scrotum

Age

16 months

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

edema

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This 16-month-old boy developed acute pruritus and dramatic edema of the shaft of the penis and scrotum and suprapubic area with excoriations and crusted papules. He had no fever or tenderness but continued to scratch constantly in the emergency room. He was admitted for intravenoud antibiotics and dramatically improved over night with tepid tap water compresses. Skin cultures grew normal flora, he never developed fever or leukocytosis, and all topical agents were discontinued except for petrolatum.

Description

swelling of the penis; eczematous papules on the scrotum with excoriations

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6/11/2003 23:31:32

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