title: Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis with reticulated supple scarring.
abstract: Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis with reticulated supple scarring is a rare cutaneous disorder of unknown aetiology first described by Cohen and colleagues in 1985. It classically presents in the neonate as erosions and vesicles that heal within the first months of life, with supple scarring of a reticulated pattern. Along with a review of the literature, this article presents two atypical cases of congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis with reticulated supple scarring. Patient one presented with neither erosions nor vesicles at birth, yet continued to experience sporadic blistering at the age of 15 months and patient two is the second documented case to develop congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis after birth.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2844-3789
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Gayle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis; neonatal blistering; neonatal vesicles; neonate; preterm newborns; reticulated; scarring; vesicular dermatosis