A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum

Granuloma Gluteale Infantum (GGI) is a rare condition of unclear etiology,[1] presenting as asymptomatic cherry red nodules in the diaper area appearing in the setting of primary irritant contact dermatitis.[2] A 50 day old infant with GGI is presented to emphasize that the condition may be easily m...

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Autores principales: Al-Faraidy, Nadya A., Al-Natour, Sahar H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3045094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21359035
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-1683.71994
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Al-Natour, Sahar H.
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description Granuloma Gluteale Infantum (GGI) is a rare condition of unclear etiology,[1] presenting as asymptomatic cherry red nodules in the diaper area appearing in the setting of primary irritant contact dermatitis.[2] A 50 day old infant with GGI is presented to emphasize that the condition may be easily missed, and that it may result from the misuse of fluorinated topical steroids used to treat a rash in the diaper area. This is the first case reported from Saudi Arabia.
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spelling pubmed-30450942011-02-28 A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum Al-Faraidy, Nadya A. Al-Natour, Sahar H. J Family Community Med Case Report Granuloma Gluteale Infantum (GGI) is a rare condition of unclear etiology,[1] presenting as asymptomatic cherry red nodules in the diaper area appearing in the setting of primary irritant contact dermatitis.[2] A 50 day old infant with GGI is presented to emphasize that the condition may be easily missed, and that it may result from the misuse of fluorinated topical steroids used to treat a rash in the diaper area. This is the first case reported from Saudi Arabia. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3045094/ /pubmed/21359035 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-1683.71994 Text en © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum
title A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum
title_full A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum
title_fullStr A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum
title_full_unstemmed A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum
title_short A forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: Granuloma gluteale infantum
title_sort forgotten complication of diaper dermatitis: granuloma gluteale infantum
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3045094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21359035
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-1683.71994
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