title: Milia en plaque: three new pediatric cases.
abstract: Milia en plaque (MEP) is an unusual and extremely rare clinical variant of milia, characterized by multiple milia-like lesions overlying an erythematous edematous plaque with histologic findings consistent with milia. MEP tends to affect the middle-aged patients and shows a predilection for women. Among children, this entity is rarely described and, to our knowledge, only four cases have been reported to date in the dermatologic literature. We add three new cases of children, one of whom had an unusual site of presentation.
authors.affiliation: San Gallicano Dermatologic Institute, IRCCS, 00144 Rome, Italy. carlocota@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cota
authors.forename: Jolinda
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sinagra
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amantea
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002610:Cheek / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D020405:Dermis / Q000473:pathology; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007633:Keratins