RT Book, Section
A1 Tollefson, Megha M.
A1 Benjamin, Latanya T.
A2 Stevenson, David K.
A2 Cohen, Ronald S.
A2 Sunshine, Philip
SR Print(0)
ID 1109797497
T1 Desquamating and Hyperkeratotic Disorders in the Neonatal Period
T2 Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071763769
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1109797497
RD 2023/10/03
AB In  the  neonatal  period,  disorders  may  sometimes  present  with  hyperkeratosis  and  desquamation  of  the  skin.  The  differential  diagnosis  for  hyperkeratosis  and  desquamation  in  the  neonatal  period  is  broad  and  includes  infectious,  genetic,  inflammatory,  immunodeficiency,  and  metabolic  causes.  Rarely,  these  disorders  may  also  present  with  erythroderma,  or  generalized  skin  erythema  affecting  at  least  90%  of  the  body  surface.1  Scaling  is  a  commonly  associated  symptom  of  erythroderma.  Although  the  frequency  of  hyperkeratotic  and  desquamating  disorders  in  the  newborn  period  is  unknown,  the  incidence  of  neonatal  erythroderma  has  been  estimated2  to  be  0.11%.