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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

scar atrophy, trauma induced

Body Site

abdomen

Age

10 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

cribriform

Color

skin color

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

solitary

Comments

This 10-month-old girl developed an atrophic scar on the lower chest/upper abdomen after tape was removed from a dressing while she was in the nursery intensive care unit. She was born 10 weeks premature and spent the 6 weeks of her life in the nursery.

Description

atrophic cribriform 3 cm oval scar

Categories

neonatal dermatology treatment complication

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11/29/2008 20:41:30

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