Table 2.
Neonatal Cutaneous Conditions Found in the Study Population.
| Cutaneous Lesions | Total (N) | Percentage | Distribution of Cutaneous Lesions Categorized by Gestational Maturation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-term (Total 945) | Preterm (Total 52) | Postterm (Total 3) | |||
| Transient neonatal skin conditions | |||||
| Transient neonatal pustular melanosis | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erythema toxicum neonatorum | 222 | 22.2 | 220 | 0 | 2 |
| Sebaceous gland hyperplasia | 609 | 60.9 | 607 | 0 | 2 |
| Skin desquamation | 20 | 20.0 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| Vernix caseosa | 160 | 16.0 | 159 | 0 | 1 |
| Cutis marmorata | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Epstein’s pearl | 73 | 73.0 | 71 | 1 | 1 |
| Neonatal acne | 5 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Milia | 165 | 16.5 | 140 | 25 | 0 |
| Miliaria | 64 | 64.0 | 62 | 2 | 0 |
| Pigmented birthmarks | |||||
| Mongolian spot | 667 | 66.7 | 663 | 2 | 2 |
| Café au lait spot | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevus depigmentosus | 5 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Congenital melanocytic nevus | 18 | 1.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Vascular birthmarks | |||||
| Salmon patch (nevus simplex) | 360 | 36 | 346 | 17 | 0 |
| Port wine stain | 7 | 0.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Infantile hemangiomas | 11 | 1.1 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Other miscellaneous cutaneous conditions | |||||
| Aplasia cutis | 2 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sucking blister | 10 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevus Sebaceous | 12 | 1.2 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Epidermal nevus | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bullous impetigo | 8 | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |