Pediatric Dermatology
Pediatric Dermatology
Carotenemia
Carotenemia is a common benign pediatric condition of yellowing of the skin and elevated beta-carotene levels in the blood. The condition is...
Pediatric Dermatology
Supernumerary Nipples: An Overview
Supernumerary nipples (SNs) are relatively common, minor congenital anomalies. SNs usually arise within the embryonic milk lines, but they have...
Pediatric Dermatology
Cobb Syndrome Associated With a Verrucous (Angiokeratomalike) Vascular Malformation
Cobb syndrome is defined by a cutaneous vascular lesion and a corresponding spinal cord vascular malformation within a segment or two of the...
Pediatric Dermatology
Pediatric Scabies
Scabies is an intensely pruritic dermatosis that is caused by a mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis. Scabies is highly contagious and may have the...
Pediatric Dermatology
Androgenetic Alopecia in Adolescents
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA), or hereditary hair thinning, is a common and unwelcome cause of hair loss in men and women. AGA also occurs in...
Pediatric Dermatology
Traction Alopecia in Children
Traction alopecia is traumatic hair loss secondary to the application of tensile forces to scalp hair. This condition can be classified as...
Pediatric Dermatology
Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex
Blistering is a common occurrence generally caused by moderate or repetitive trauma to the skin. Blistering due to minor trauma is less common and...
Pediatric Dermatology
A Case of Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosa
A 17-year-old white boy with no underlying connective tissue disorders presented with flat-topped annular plaques, with slight central atrophy on...
Pediatric Dermatology
Emotionally Induced Hyperhidrosis
Hyperhidrosis, a disorder that usually begins in childhood or adolescence, is defined as sweating in excess of what is required for normal...
Pediatric Dermatology
Congenital Triangular Alopecia: A Case Report and Review
Congenital triangular alopecia is a nonscarring loss of hair mass on the scalp's temporal regions. The area of hair diminution commonly is...
Pediatric Dermatology
Topical Treatment of Tinea Capitis in a Neonate
Tinea capitis is the most common fungal skin infection in children. Given that this infection invades the hair shaft and the pilosebaceous unit,...