An 8-Year-Old Child with Delayed Diagnosis of Netherton Syndrome
| dc.contributor.author | Leung, Alexander K. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Barankin, Benjamin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leong, Kin Fon | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-27T11:15:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-27T11:15:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-01-30 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2018-09-27T11:15:44Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | We report an 8-year-old boy with Netherton syndrome who was misdiagnosed and treated as severe atopic dermatitis. The diagnosis of Netherton syndrome was not made until the child was 8 years of age. We discuss the pitfalls in the diagnosis and alert physicians to the proper and early diagnosis of this syndrome. The child was treated with a low dose (0.25 mg/kg) of oral acitretin and a topical moisturizer with marked improvement of his skin and pruritus in 2 months. At 6-month follow-up, the skin was almost clear of erythema and scaling, and the hair was longer and stronger. The dose of acitretin was reduced to 0.12 mg/kg for another 6 months and then discontinued. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Alexander K. C. Leung, Benjamin Barankin, and Kin Fon Leong, “An 8-Year-Old Child with Delayed Diagnosis of Netherton Syndrome,” Case Reports in Pediatrics, vol. 2018, Article ID 9434916, 4 pages, 2018. doi:10.1155/2018/9434916 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9434916 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108077 | |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.rights.holder | Copyright © 2018 Alexander K. C. Leung et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
| dc.title | An 8-Year-Old Child with Delayed Diagnosis of Netherton Syndrome | |
| dc.type | Journal Article |