<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Colloidon baby describes a highly characteristic clinical entity in newborns encased in a yellowish translucent membrane resembling collodion. In most cases the condition either precedes the development of one of a variety of ichthyoses, the commonest of which are lamellar ichthyosis and non-bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma, or occasionally represents an initial phase of other ichthyoses such as ichthyosis vulgaris. In at least 10% of all cases of collodion baby, the condition is followed by a mild ichthyosis of lamellar type, so mild as to be considered more or less normal, so-called self-healing collodion baby or ‘lamellar ichthyosis of the newborn’. In this report we present a rare case of collodion baby in whom, after collodion membrane peeled-off, the skin retained normal appearance.</p></abstract>

Colloidon baby describes a highly characteristic clinical entity in newborns encased in a yellowish translucent membrane resembling collodion. In most cases the condition either precedes the development of one of a variety of ichthyoses, the commonest of which are lamellar ichthyosis and non-bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma, or occasionally represents an initial phase of other ichthyoses such as ichthyosis vulgaris. In at least 10% of all cases of collodion baby, the condition is followed by a mild ichthyosis of lamellar type, so mild as to be considered more or less normal, so-called self-healing collodion baby or ‘lamellar ichthyosis of the newborn’. In this report we present a rare case of collodion baby in whom, after collodion membrane peeled-off, the skin retained normal appearance.

Collodion Baby - a Case Report

Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Serbia

Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology

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Colloidon baby describes a highly characteristic clinical entity in newborns encased in a yellowish translucent membrane resembling collodion. In most cases...

Collodion Baby - a Case Report

Published Online: Apr 04, 2015

Page range: 186 - 190

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjdv-2014-0016

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