[Pedal papules in newborn infants].
Four cases of newborn children who presented pedal papules since birth, are reported. They showed the following features, different from the ones seen in adults: a solitary lesion, bigger size, localization on medial plantar region aspect of the heel, presence at birth, absence of an obvious piezogenic factor, physiopathogenic model that explains the development of lesions in adults, which are compared to those appearing in the newborn, are proposed.
Larralde de Luna
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M
Hospital Posadas de Haedo (provincia de Buenos Aires), Argentina.
Ruiz León
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J
Cabrera
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HN
D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000473:pathology*; D006365:Heel; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000473:pathology*
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