Congenital Erosive and Vesicular Dermatosis

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled “Evaluation of a Congenital Erosive and Vesicular Dermatosis.” (Pediatr Dermatol. 2007 Jul;24(4):384-386). Authors are Goncalves RV, Pessoa OM and Lowy G, from the Department of Dermatology, Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Congenital erosive and vesicular dermatosis healing with reticulated supple scarring is a rare disease first reported by Cohen et al in 1985. To date only 13 cases of this disease have been reported. This entity is characterized by the presence of erosions and vesicles at birth, usually affecting about 75% of the body which heals with reticulated scarring in weeks to months. The authors report a case of this disease related to a boy who was born with erosions affecting his head, trunk, and limbs. All lesions healed completely after 3 months with reticulated scarring without any clinical complications. To access the abstract of the article, click here.