Scar, Neonatal, Scar - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

scar, neonatal scar

Body Site

scalp

Age

15 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

well demarcated

Color

brown

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

asymmetric solitary

Comments

This adolescent boy, who was being treated for comedonal acne demonstrated a scar on his scalp which resulted from an infiltrated intravenous catheter when he was a premature infant in the nursery intensive care unit 15 years ago.

Description

irregularly shaped well demarcated hairless fibrotic 3 X 1 cm plaque

Image Added

10/31/2010 19:17:45

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