Intrauterine epidermal necrosis

Allee, Julie E.; Saria, Elizabeth A.; Rosenblum, Dennis; Prose, Neil S.; Prieto, Víctor G.; Shea, Christopher R.

doi:10.1034/j.1600-0560.2001.280709.x

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“…Biopsy determined calcifications and the absence of epidermis. Intrauterine epidermal necrosis and calcifications of the epidermis in premature infants have been described by Allee et al 14 and Ruiz-Maldonado et al 15. The cause of this necrosis and calcification was unknown in the case of Ruiz-Maldonado, but Allee et al diagnosed HSV type 2 infection.…”

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A rare infectious cause of severe neonatal skin lesions

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SUMMARYWe present a case of a preterm infant of 28 weeks' gestation with unique cutaneous lesions characteristic of a congenital herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 infection. The infant was prematurely delivered due to intractable labour. The mother had no history or clinical signs of genital infection before or during pregnancy. The infant's skin lesions were described as rough white-yellow plaques; a skin biopsy demonstrated calcified plaques and absent epidermis. HSV type 1 was later determined using PCR on the infant's skin biopsy and cerebral spinal fluid as well as the mother's vaginal swab and the placenta. Calcifications have already been described by Allee et al, alongside a diagnosis of HSV type 2. As is well known, the morbidity and mortality of congenital herpes infections are very high. BACKGROUND

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confidence: 95%