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Cutaneous lesions in new born.
[harlequin ichthyosis]
Five
hundred
unselected
newborn
babies
delivered
in
the
Department
of
Obstetrics
and
Gynaecology
,
Unit
II
of
SGBT
Hospital
attached
to
Government
Medical
College
,
Amritsar
during
April
2000
to
October
2000
were
examined
for
cutaneous
lesions
daily
for
the
first
five
days
after
birth
.
Different
cutaneous
lesions
were
seen
in
474
(
94
.
8
%
)
newborns
.
The
physiological
skin
changes
observed
in
order
of
frequency
were
Epstein
pearls
in
305
(
61
%
)
,
Mongolian
spot
in
301
(
60
.
2
%
)
,
superficial
cutaneous
desquamation
in
200
(
40
%
)
,
icterus
in
128
(
25
.
6
%
)
,
milia
in
119
(
23
.
8
%
)
,
sebaceous
gland
hyperplasia
in
107
(
21
.
4
%
)
,
occipital
alopecia
in
94
(
18
.
8
%
)
,
lanugo
in
72
(
14
.
4
%
)
,
peripheral
cyanosis
in
47
(
9
.
4
%
)
,
breast
hypertrophy
in
29
(
5
.
8
%
)
and
miniature
puberty
in
28
(
5
.
6
%
)
newborns
.
Of
the
transient
non-infective
skin
diseases
,
erythema
toxicum
neonatorum
was
observed
most
commonly
in
105
(
21
%
)
,
followed
by
miliaria
rubra
in
103
(
20
.
6
%
)
and
acne
neonatorum
in
27
(
5
.
4
%
)
newborns
.
The
naevi
and
other
developmental
defects
in
the
descending
order
were
salmon
patch
in
69
(
13
.
8
%
)
,
congenital
melanocytic
noevi
in
10
(
2
%
)
,
accessory
tragi
in
3
(
0
.
6
%
)
,
spina
bifida
in
2
(
0
.
4
%
)
,
hydrocephalus
in
1
(
0
.
2
%
)
and
poliosis
in
1
(
0
.
2
%
)
newborns
.
Cradle
cap
was
the
only
dermatitis
observed
in
50
(
10
%
)
newborns
.
One
(
0
.
2
%
)
case
each
of
Harlequin
ichthyosis
and
labial
cyst
was
seen
.
Diseases
Validation
Diseases presenting
"alopecia"
symptom
cadasil
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
cutaneous mastocytosis
epidermolysis bullosa simplex
harlequin ichthyosis
junctional epidermolysis bullosa
lamellar ichthyosis
oligodontia
omenn syndrome
pleomorphic liposarcoma
proteus syndrome
werner syndrome
This symptom has already been validated