title: [Benign cutaneous lesions observed within the 1st 48 hours of life in 874 infants born at a maternity ward of a university hospital. Apropos of 148 cases].
abstract: A six months' follow-up study was carried out in the nursery of the University Hospital of Brest where neonates were systematically evaluated for dermatological abnormalities. 148 neonates had birthmarks which were erythema toxicum (ET) in 103 cases, vascular lesions in 19, pigmented in 8, and miscellaneous lesions in 18. These results were compared with those previously reported (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14). They confirmed the high frequency of ET in the second day of life and the low frequency of pigmented lesions at birth in Caucasians (less than 2 p. 100), as compared with their frequency in coloured people and Asians (25-40 p. 100) (10). The low proportion of salmon patches in this study may be explained by an inappropriate collection of data compared with previous reports (20-40 p. 100) (7, 10). A possible relation between the presence of ET and the later development of atopic dermatitis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, CHU de Brest.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Plantin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delaire
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gavanou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boog
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guillet
mesh_terms: D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D004890:Erythema / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D006306:Health Surveys; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000453:epidemiology; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D044469:Racial Groups; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Lésions cutanées bénignes observées dans les 48 premières heures de vie chez 874 nouveau-nés d'une maternité de CHU. A propos de 148 cas.