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We present a patient with a congenital scalp lesion compatible with aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) and associated congenital heart disease (CHD). This interesting combined entity is briefly reviewed and associated defects that can occur are discussed.
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Ectodermal Dysplasia/complications , Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular/complications , Pulmonary Valve Stenosis/complications , Scalp/abnormalities , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Skin Ulcer/congenitalABSTRACT
A 1-year-old boy with a cutaneous eruption compatible with papulovesicular acrolocalized syndrome is described. This unusual but benign entity of early childhood can be differentiated both by its clinical presentation and appropriate laboratory testing from the two morphologically similar eruptions: Gianotti-Crosti syndrome and infection with Coxsackie virus A-16.
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Acrodermatitis/diagnosis , Dermatitis/diagnosis , Coxsackievirus Infections/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Enterovirus , Hepatitis B Surface Antigens/analysis , Humans , Infant , Male , Skin Diseases, Infectious/diagnosis , SyndromeABSTRACT
Two patients with allergic contact dermatitis to the toluene sulfonamide formaldehyde resin present in nail polish and nail hardener, in whom onycholysis developed, are reported herein. Previously, both patients had been unsuccessfully treated with various antifungal medications. Regrowth of all nails occurred within several months after discontinuance of the offending agents. Results of patch tests to the preparation itself, to the toluene sulfonamide formaldehyde resin, and to formaldehyde confirmed the diagnosis in both patients.
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Formaldehyde/adverse effects , Nail Diseases/chemically induced , Sulfonamides/adverse effects , Toluene/adverse effects , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Mycoses/diagnosis , Nail Diseases/diagnosis , Resins, Plant/adverse effectsABSTRACT
In 1967, Kawasaki reported an acute, febrile, mucocutaneous condition accompanied by swelling of cervical lymph nodes that affected infants and young children in Japan. He called it mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. We report here a case of Kawasaki's disease with characteristic findings that demonstrated a typical erythema multiforme rash. With the increased number of reported cases of Kawasaki's disease in the United States, it becomes increasingly important to differentiate the exanthem of Kawasaki's disease from early erythema multiforme.
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Erythema Multiforme/diagnosis , Lymphatic Diseases/diagnosis , Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , InfantABSTRACT
A case of childhood pemphigus is reported. The natural history of this rare entity and past methods of treatment are reviewed. We also report on what is to our knowledge the first known use of gold in the treatment of childhood pemphigus. This modality appears to have been of benefit in our patient to date.
