(18) Peds Tables Flashcards
Erythema Toxicum
These common yellow or white pustules
are surrounded by a red base.
Neonatal Acne
Red pustules and papules are most
prominent over the cheeks and nose of
some normal newborns.
Seborrhea
The salmon red, scaly eruption often
involves the face, neck, axilla, diaper
area, and behind the ears
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
Erythema, scaling, dry skin, and intense itching characterize this condition.
Neurofibromatosis
Characteristic features include more than
5 café-au-lait spots and axillary freckling.
Later findings include neurofibromas and
Lisch nodules (not shown).
Candidal Diaper Dermatitis
This bright red rash involves the
intertriginous folds, with small “satellite
lesions” along the edges
Contact Diaper Dermatitis
This irritant rash is secondary to diarrhea
or irritation and is noted along contact
areas (here, the area touching the diaper).
Impetigo
This infection is due to bacteria and can
appear bullous or crusty and yellowed
with some pus
Verruca Vulgaris
Dry, rough warts on hands
Verruca Plana
Small, flat warts
Plantar Warts
Tender warts on feet
Molluscum Contagiosum
Dome-shaped, fleshy lesions
Adolescent Acne
Acne in adolescents involves open comedones (blackheads) and closed comedones
(whiteheads) shown at the left, and inflamed pustules (right).
Bites
Intensely pruritic, red, distinct papules
characterize these lesions
Tinea Capitis
Scaling, crusting, and hair loss are seen in
the scalp, along with a painful plaque
(kerion) and occipital lymph node (arrow).
Urticaria (Hives)
This pruritic, allergic sensitivity reaction
changes shape quickly
Scabies
Intensely itchy papules and vesicles,
sometimes burrows, most often on
extremities
Tinea Corporis
This annular lesion has central clearing
and papules along the border.
Pityriasis Rosea
Oval lesions on trunk, in older children, often
in a Christmas tree pattern, sometimes a
herald patch (a large patch that appears first)
Cephalohematoma
Although not present at birth, cephalohematomas appear within the
first 24 hours from subperiosteal hemorrhage involving the outer
table of one of the cranial bones. The swelling, shown at the arrow,
does not extend across a suture though it is occasionally bilateral
following a difficult birth. The swelling is initially soft, then develops
a raised bony margin within a few days from calcium deposits at the
edge of the periosteum. It tends to resolve within several weeks
Hydrocephalus
- the anterior fontanelle is bulging
- the eyes may be deviated downward revealing the upper scleras and creating the setting sun sign (setting sun sign is also seen briefly in some normal newborns)
Craniosynostosis
Craniosynostosis is a condition of premature closure of one or more
sutures of the skull. This results in an abnormal growth and shape of
the skull because growth will occur across sutures that are not
affected but not across sutures that are affected.
The figures demonstrate different skull shapes associated with the
various types of craniosynostosis. The prematurely closed suture line is
noted by the absence of a suture line in each figure. Scaphocephaly and
frontal plagiocephaly are the most common forms of craniosynostosis.
The blue shading shows areas of maximal flattening. The red arrows
show the direction of continued growth across the sutures, which is
normal.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Babies born to women with chronic alcoholism are at increased
risk for growth deficiency, microcephaly, and intellectual
disability. Facial characteristics include short palpebral fissures,
a wide and flattened philtrum (the vertical groove in the
midline of the upper lip), and thin lips
Congenital Hypothyroidism
The child with congenital hypothyroidism (cretinism) has
coarse facial features, a low-set hair line, sparse eyebrows, and
an enlarged tongue. Associated features include a hoarse cry,
umbilical hernia, dry and cold extremities, myxedema,
mottled skin, and intellectual disability. Most infants with
congenital hypothyroidism have no physical stigmata; this has
led to screening of all newborns in the United States and most
other developed countries for congenital hypothyroidism.
Congenital Syphilis
In utero infection by Treponema pallidum usually occurs after
the 16th week of gestation and affects virtually all fetal organs.
If it is not treated, 25% of infected babies die before birth and
another 30% shortly thereafter. Signs of illness appear in
survivors within the first month of life. Facial stigmata often
include bulging of the frontal bones and nasal bridge
depression (saddle nose), both from periostitis; rhinitis from
weeping nasal mucosal lesions (snuffles); and a circumoral rash.
Mucocutaneous inflammation and fissuring of the mouth and
lips (rhagades), not shown here, may also occur as stigmata of
congenital syphilis, as may craniotabes tibial periostitis (saber
shins) and dental dysplasia (Hutchinson teeth—see p. 296).
Facial Nerve Palsy
Peripheral (lower motor neuron) paralysis of the facial nerve
may be from (1) an injury to the nerve from pressure during
labor and birth, (2) inflammation of the middle ear branch of
the nerve during episodes of acute or chronic otitis media, or
(3) unknown causes (Bell palsy). The nasolabial fold on the
affected left side is flattened, and the eye does not close. This
is accentuated during crying, as shown here. Full recovery
occurs in ≥90% of those affected
Down Syndrome
The child with Down syndrome (trisomy 21) usually has a
small, rounded head, a flattened nasal bridge, oblique palpebral
fissures, prominent epicanthal folds, small, low-set, shell-like
ears, and a relatively large tongue. Associated features include
generalized hypotonia, transverse palmar creases (simian lines),
shortening and incurving of the fifth fingers (clinodactyly),
Brushfield spots (see p. 916), and mild to moderate cognitive
impairment.
Battered Child Syndrome
The child who has been physically abused (battered) may
have old and fresh bruises on the head and face. Other stigmata
include bruises in areas (axilla and groin) not usually subject
to injury rather than the bony prominences; x-ray evidence of
fractures of the skull, ribs, and long bones in various stages of
healing; and skin lesions that are morphologically similar to
implements used to inflict trauma (hand, belt buckle, strap,
rope, coat hanger, or lighted cigarette). Of note, while many
normal children have bruises on bony prominences, abused
children are more likely to have bruises on protected areas