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Case Reports
. 2021 Jul;38(4):864-867.
doi: 10.1111/pde.14620. Epub 2021 Jun 21.

Transient abdominal telangiectasia of the newborn

Cécile Juzot  1 , Hélène Aubert  1 , Didier Bessis  2 , Olivia Boccara  3 , Emmanuelle Bourrat  4 , Christine Chiaverini  5 , Cyril Flamant  6 , Marine Fournet  7 , Thomas Hubiche  5 , Christine Labrèze  8 , Ludovic Martin  9 , Maryam Piram  10 , Vannina Seta  11 , Antoine Finon  12 , Annabel Maruani  13 , Sébastien Barbarot  14 ; “Groupe de Recherche Clinique de Dermatologie Pédiatrique”
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Transient abdominal telangiectasia of the newborn

Cécile Juzot et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

We report 20 newborns who developed, at a median age of 7 days, large abdominal patches of radially arranged purplish telangiectasia in a bilateral and symmetrical pattern in relation to the midline, creating a "butterfly wing" pattern. Clinical examination was normal in 13 newborns, six newborns had abdominal distention, and one newborn had poor weight gain due to inadequate breastfeeding. Most lesions spontaneously resolved within 3 months and did not reoccur for 19 newborns. Transient abdominal telangiectasia of the newborn (TATN) appears to be a distinctive entity that has not been previously described.

Keywords: neonatology; newborn; skin manifestations; telangiectasia.

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