Connective tissue naevi in a child with intra-uterine varicella infection.
A child with connective tissue naevi is described. She was exposed in utero to maternal varicella and has evidence of congenital varicella infection. It is proposed that her cutaneous lesions are also a manifestation of this infection.
White
M I
MI
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK.
Daly
B M
BM
Moffat
M A
MA
Rankin
R
R
D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D002648:Child; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009506:Nevus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology