Blueberry muffin baby syndrome. A critical primary sign of systemic disease
Blueberry muffin baby syndrome is a rare and non-specific clinical presentation in newborns, characterized by the presence of widespread, maculopapular lesions of blue-red or violaceous colour and cohesive consistency [1]. The term “blueberry muffin baby” was initially coined to describe the skin ma...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Termedia Publishing House
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Advances in Dermatology and Allergology |
| Online Access: | https://www.termedia.pl/Blueberry-muffin-baby-syndrome-A-critical-primary-sign-r-nof-systemic-disease,7,46956,1,1.html |
| Summary: | Blueberry muffin baby syndrome is a rare and non-specific clinical presentation in newborns, characterized by the presence of widespread, maculopapular lesions of blue-red or violaceous colour and cohesive consistency [1]. The term “blueberry muffin baby” was initially coined to describe the skin manifestations of congenital rubella during the American epidemic in the 1960s [2, 3]. The presence of skin lesions is secondary to extramedullary hematopoiesis, which can result from intrauterine viral infections (TORCH syndrome), hematologic dyscrasias (twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, hereditary spherocytosis, haemolytic disease of the newborn) or neoplasms (mastocytosis, histiocytosis, neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, leukaemia) [1, 3]. |
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| ISSN: | 1642-395X 2299-0046 |