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Unilateral Eruption in a Child
Marie H. Jhin, MD;
Michael Eidelman, MD;
Steven R. Cohen, MD;
Sameera Husain, MD
Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Drs
Jhin, Eidelman, Cohen, and Husain), and Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons (Dr Husain), New York, NY
Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:1371-1376.
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REPORT OF A CASE
An 8-month-old African American girl presented with a 2-week history
of an erythematous papular eruption that had started on the left upper aspect
of her arm, proximal to the axilla, and had spread peripherally. Five days
after the lesions appeared, she developed a temperature of 39°C that lasted
for 72 hours. On her first visit to the dermatology department, 0.025% triamcinolone
ointment was prescribed. She returned in 5 days with more extensive lesions
despite topical steroid use.
Her medical history was significant for asthma, the last attack of which
had occurred 1 month before the rash developed and had required a tapering
course of oral prednisone (which was completed 1 week before the initial visit).
It is noteworthy that 2 weeks before the rash developed, a sibling had varicella.
Other pertinent history included the absence of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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