Research Article
A Cross-Sectional Prospective Study of Cutaneous Lesions in Newborn
Table 2
Frequency of skin lesions in newborns.
| Skin lesions | | Percentage (%) |
| (1) Physiological skin lesions | | | Vernix caseosa | 77 | 7.7 | Physiological scaling | 105 | 10.5 | Sebaceous gland hyperplasia | 894 | 89.4 | Milia | 183 | 18.3 | Epstein pearls | 891 | 89.1 | Hypertrichosis | 353 | 35.3 | Miniature puberty | | | Hypertrophy of clitoris | 23 | 2.3 | Hypertrophy of mammary gland | 75 | 7.5 | Vaginal discharge | 35 | 3.5 | Pigmentary changes due to melanin | | | (a) Epidermal | | | Linea nigra | 445 | 44.5 | Pigmentation of pinna | 496 | 49.6 | Knuckle pigmentation | 576 | 57.6 | Genital pigmentation | 202 | 20.2 | Axillary pigmentation | 256 | 25.6 | (b) Dermal | | | Mongolian spot | 847 | 84.7 | Pigmentation other than melanin | | | Physiological jaundice | 3 | 0.3 | Color changes from vascular abnormalities | | | Acrocyanosis | 309 | 30.9 | Harlequin color change | 4 | 0.4 | Cutis marmorata | 38 | 3.8 |
| (2) Transient noninfective conditions | | | Erythema toxicum neonatorum | 232 | 23.2 | Miliaria crystallina | 30 | 3 | Eosinophilic pustulosis | 1 | 0.1 |
| (3) Eczematous eruptions | | | Napkin dermatitis | 1 | 0.1 | Cradle cap | 12 | 1.2 |
| (4) Birthmarks | | | Vascular | | | Salmon patch | 207 | 20.7 | Haemangioma | 2 | 0.2 | Pigmentary | | | Congenital melanocytic nevi | 19 | 1.9 | Café-au-lait macule | 13 | 1.3 |
| (5) Developmental defects | | | Cutaneous signs of spinal dysraphism | | | Sacral dimple | 128 | 12.8 | Acrochordons | 5 | 0.5 | Meningomyelocele | 1 | 0.1 | Dermoid cyst | 1 | 0.1 |
| (6) Other developmental defects | | | Cleft lip | 1 | 0.1 | Cleft lip & palate | 1 | 0.1 | Umbilical granuloma | 1 | 0.1 | Supernumerary nipple | 1 | 0.1 | Accessory tragus | 1 | 0.1 | Adnexal polyp | 1 | 0.1 | Sacrococcygeal teratoma | 1 | 0.1 | Omphalocele | 1 | 0.1 | Perineal median raphe cyst | 1 | 0.1 |
| Others | | | Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia | 1 | 0.1 | Congenital vitiligo | 1 | 0.1 | Phimosis | 5 | 0.5 | Cowlicks hair | 2 | 0.2 | Vaginal tags | 18 | 1.8 | Horizontal pigmented bands | 2 | 0.2 | Congenital hydrocele | 1 | 0.1 | Twin transfusion syndrome | 1 | 0.1 | HIV positive | 1 | 0.1 | Maternal varicella | 2 | 0.2 | Linear & whorled hypermelanosis | 1 | 0.1 |
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