Sclerema neonatorum in a premature newborn: A case report

Report of a Case of Sclerema Neonatorum

Fatty crystals in sclerema neonatorum.

The fatty crystals in three previously published cases of sclerema neonatorum were identified by means of x-ray diffraction as sodium stearate and palmitic acid. A composite view of the pathogenesis of both sclerema neonatorum and adiponecrosis cutis neonatorum is discussed.

a case report of diaphragmatic eventration in a premature newborn

background diaphragm of eventration is a defect of whole or a part of diaphragm muscle and replacing it with fibroplastic tissue. the incidence of eventration is uncertain. the article aims to report a newborn with congenital diaphragmatic eventration. case report the case is a dysmorphic male premature newborn which born at 33 gestational age. due to sever respiratory distress the patient admi...

Sclerema neonatorum: recovery with cortisone.

practice. Occasionally intermediate cases have presented difficulty and some atypical examples, such as the case described by Nicholson and Claireaux (1948) which appeared to be a form of generalized infective cellulitis in an older baby, defy classification. A third condition, characterized by localized pitting oedema in cold premature babies, is sometimes called scleroedema but this is not al...

Group B Streptococcal Sepsis in a Newborn: a Case Report

Newborns’ bacterial infections due to group B Streptococcus (GBS) happen in two forms including early-onset disease or late-onset disease. In this paper, we report a case of early-onset GBS infection in a male infant. A 22-year-old primigravid woman delivers a term normal looking male infant. Nasal flaring, grunting, and poor feeding presented soon after birth. An empiric treatment wit...