PEDIATRIC Spots Diagnosis
What This Neonate Have?
Answer
INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI
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What is this and in which disease and how to confirm?
Answer
Macular Cherry Red Spot
Seen in:
1-Tay-Sachs disease.
2- Niemann-Pick disease
3- Farber disease
All of the above are Lipid storage diseases
Confirmed by fundus examination
Confirmed by fundus examination
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What this neonates have ?
What else he could suffer from?
Answer
Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus
The skin manifestations of NLE occur in the first month or later in life and are mainly due to the presence of anti-SSB/La antibodies, but they may be mediated by other antibodies.
Most infants have cardiac and dermatologic manifestations, but some of them may also have hematologic and liver involvement.
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