Prurigo in Children of Tropical Zone: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Etiological Characteristics in a Dermatology Department in Cotonou (Benin)

Table 1

Distribution according to the age groups and the different clinical forms of prurigo among the 234 children in the Department of Dermatology of the CNHU-HKM of Cotonou from January 2013 to September 2018.

	Size	Proportion (%)
Age (years)
0–5	117	50
6–10	58	24.8
11–13	22	9.4
14–18	37	15.8
Gender
Male	106	45.3
Female	128	54.7
Clinical forms
Erosivo-crusted	85	36.3
Papulo-vesicular	75	32
Morphological forms (234; 100%)
Macular	35	15
Serpiginous papular	19	8.1
Squamous-crusted	10	4.3
Pustular	10	4.3
Evolutionary forms (234; 100%)
Chronic	104	44.4
Acute	89	38
Subacute	35	15
Cicatricial	6	2.6
Impetiginization	19	8.1
Complicated forms (33; 24.1%)
Lichenified	10	4.3
Eczematization	4	1.7