Cutaneous Lesions Among South Indian Children With Beta Thalassaemia Major

Objective: To study the cutaneous lesions among south Indian children with Beta thalassaemia major . Design: Observational, hospital based study. Method & Material: 67 children between age 1 year to 14 years with diagnosis of beta thalassaemia major were followed up at Paediatric hematology clinic over 4 years for cutaneous lesions. Results: The common skin lesions were pruritus(49.2%),xerosis (40%) and hyper pigmentations (37.3%).