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Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby
Joint Authors
Chung, Andrew
Desai, Nirmala
Chung, Michael
Pittenger, Jaime
Tobin, Stuart
Source
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Only ~270 cases of collodion babies have been reported in the literature since 1892.
As the name suggests, the term “collodion baby” refers to a phenotype that can be characterized by a yellow, shiny, tight parchment-like membrane stretched over the skin.
Although the collodion membrane is only an evanescent condition of the newborn, neonatal complications can occur in 45% of all collodion babies, leading to a mortality rate of ~11% in the first few weeks of life.
Most children born as collodion babies will spontaneously desquamate within 2 weeks, but may be as long as 3 months.
Eventually, these children develop signs of one of several types of ichthyosis, which gives the skin the appearance of “fish scales.” We report a unique case of a Caucasian male that was born as a Collodion baby at the University of Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.
Although the impairment of the skin barrier function put the patient at risk for a number of complications, he improved significantly after being treated with emollients and antibiotics.
In contrast to previous findings, we found that skin emollients were beneficial and did not increase the risk of infection.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chung, Michael& Pittenger, Jaime& Tobin, Stuart& Chung, Andrew& Desai, Nirmala. 2011. Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chung, Michael…[et al.]. Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Chung, Michael& Pittenger, Jaime& Tobin, Stuart& Chung, Andrew& Desai, Nirmala. Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-499328
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-499328