Neonatal Dermatology (Sugarman, 2/12/2020)

Muchas Gracias to Dr. Jeff Sugarman for a solid tour through neonatal dermatology this week.

My biggest take home: IF/WHEN you see a hemangioma in a newborn on the face, refer them IMMEDIATELY to dermatology. That day, says Dr. Sugarman. Medical treatment is time sensitive, and you could be saving them future surgery.

Just for kicks, I am going to gift you with a photo quiz rather than a written summary.  Good luck (answers at the VERY bottom of this post):

Identify the following benign non-infectious lesions in neonates:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

And now for infectious causes of newborn eruptions:

And finally, some really common markings and some zebras:

 

Don't cheat and look below until you have taken this quiz yourself!!! 

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ANSWERS:

First row: benign lesions

·         Erythema toxicum

·         Sebaceous hyperplasia

·         Milia

·         Neonatal cephalic pustulosis

·         Transient neonatal pustular melanosis

·         Acropustolisis of infancy

Second row: infectious  lesions

·         Impetigo Neonatorum

·         Scabies

·         Congenital candidiasis

·         Neonatal HSV
Third row  

·         Nevus simplex

·         Hemangioma

·         Scalp aplasia cutis

·         Nevus sebaceous

·         Neonatal lupus