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.
Dogan
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Inonu University School of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Malatya, Turkey. deryagumus@yahoo.com
Aslan
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Karabiber
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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