Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby
Only ~270 cases of collodion babies have been reported in the literature since 1892. As the name suggests, the term “collodion baby” refers to a phenotype that can be characterized by a yellow, shiny, tight parchment-like membrane stretched over the skin. Although the collodion membrane is only an e...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2011-01-01
|
| Series: | Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/803782 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832564953302695936 |
|---|---|
| author | Michael Chung Jaime Pittenger Stuart Tobin Andrew Chung Nirmala Desai |
| author_facet | Michael Chung Jaime Pittenger Stuart Tobin Andrew Chung Nirmala Desai |
| author_sort | Michael Chung |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Only ~270 cases of collodion babies have been reported in the literature since 1892. As the name suggests, the term “collodion baby” refers to a phenotype that can be characterized by a yellow, shiny, tight parchment-like membrane stretched over the skin. Although the collodion membrane is only an evanescent condition of the newborn, neonatal complications can occur in 45% of all collodion babies, leading to a mortality rate of ~11% in the first few weeks of life. Most children born as collodion babies will spontaneously desquamate within 2 weeks, but may be as long as 3 months. Eventually, these children develop signs of one of several types of ichthyosis, which gives the skin the appearance of “fish scales.” We report a unique case of a Caucasian male that was born as a Collodion baby at the University of Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Although the impairment of the skin barrier function put the patient at risk for a number of complications, he improved significantly after being treated with emollients and antibiotics. In contrast to previous findings, we found that skin emollients were beneficial and did not increase the risk of infection. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-512f1c6cf5da46e5848e7f85864a7b3b |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2090-6463 2090-6471 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2011-01-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| spelling | doaj-art-512f1c6cf5da46e5848e7f85864a7b3b2025-02-03T01:09:50ZengWileyCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712011-01-01201110.1155/2011/803782803782Expedient Treatment of a Collodion BabyMichael Chung0Jaime Pittenger1Stuart Tobin2Andrew Chung3Nirmala Desai4University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40506-9983, USADepartment of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0284, USADepartment of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0284, USADavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USADepartment of Neonatology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40504, USAOnly ~270 cases of collodion babies have been reported in the literature since 1892. As the name suggests, the term “collodion baby” refers to a phenotype that can be characterized by a yellow, shiny, tight parchment-like membrane stretched over the skin. Although the collodion membrane is only an evanescent condition of the newborn, neonatal complications can occur in 45% of all collodion babies, leading to a mortality rate of ~11% in the first few weeks of life. Most children born as collodion babies will spontaneously desquamate within 2 weeks, but may be as long as 3 months. Eventually, these children develop signs of one of several types of ichthyosis, which gives the skin the appearance of “fish scales.” We report a unique case of a Caucasian male that was born as a Collodion baby at the University of Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Although the impairment of the skin barrier function put the patient at risk for a number of complications, he improved significantly after being treated with emollients and antibiotics. In contrast to previous findings, we found that skin emollients were beneficial and did not increase the risk of infection.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/803782 |
| spellingShingle | Michael Chung Jaime Pittenger Stuart Tobin Andrew Chung Nirmala Desai Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| title | Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby |
| title_full | Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby |
| title_fullStr | Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby |
| title_short | Expedient Treatment of a Collodion Baby |
| title_sort | expedient treatment of a collodion baby |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/803782 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT michaelchung expedienttreatmentofacollodionbaby AT jaimepittenger expedienttreatmentofacollodionbaby AT stuarttobin expedienttreatmentofacollodionbaby AT andrewchung expedienttreatmentofacollodionbaby AT nirmaladesai expedienttreatmentofacollodionbaby |