Harlequin colour change: unilateral erythema in a newborn

Harlequin colour change: unilateral erythema in a newborn.

CMAJ • NOVEMBER 23, 2010 • 182(17) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors E801 Ahealthy girl was born at term after an uncomplicated pregnancy and delivery. When she was five days old, unilateral erythema with contralateral pallor developed that was strikingly demarcated at midline (Figure 1). This phenomenon occurred after the infant had been placed on her right side, with the er...

Harlequin colour change in a newborn with meningitis.

A baby boy born by vacuum extraction at gestation of 36 weeks had a birth weight of 2.84 kg. After 2 days of life he developed respiratory distress and poor skin perfusion, whereupon he was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in December 2011. Cerebrospinal fluid culture (CSF) grew Streptococcus bovis type 2 i and meningitis was diagnosed. He had an episode of generalised ton...

Report of a family with a Harlequin newborn from Iran

Harlequin Ichthyosis is a dermal disorder that always lead to an early death after birth. Although the clinical characteristics of this disorder has been described perfectly but the molecular basis of which isn’t clear well. Harlequin fetus is an Autosomal recessive trait and prenatal diagnosis is possible by embryo skin biopsy after fetoscopy. This case was a male newborn who died 4 days after...

Harlequin color change in preterm infant

Harlequin phenomenon is a rare event that consists of sudden and transient episodes of demarcated erythema forming on the dependent half of the body of newborns, with pallor of the uppermost half. The infant appears as if a line was drawn on the midline dividing two hemibodies. It occurs preferentially in lateral position. It is most common in term newborns, rare cases were reported in preterm....

Unilateral proptosis in the newborn.