Burn, Hot Water/thermal - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

burn, hot water/thermal

Body Site

foot leg

Age

12 months

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

Comments

The parents of a 12 month old boy who left him with relatives overnight discovered bullae and erosions on his lower leg and foot when they arrived to pick him up in the morning. Note that the bullae are clean, well demarcated and give a splsahed appearance diagnostic of a hot water burn.

Description

intact and ruptured bullae

Image Added

9/3/2001 15:59:26

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