A collodion baby with hypothyroidism.
Collodion baby is a rare keratinizing congenital disorder. Although it is milder in degree than harlequin fetus, the infant is at risk for increased water loss, thermal instability, percutaneous toxicity, and infection as a result of an impaired skin barrier function. Here we report on an 11 days-old collodion baby with hypernatremic dehydratation, septicemia and congenital hypothyroidism. To our knowledge congenital hypothyroidism associated with collodion baby is reported in only one case up to date.
Inonu University School of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Malatya, Turkey. deryagumus@yahoo.com
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D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D003241:Consanguinity; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D016113:Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010641:Phenotype; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014421:Turkey