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FACE—facial Afro‐Caribbean childhood eruption
Author(s) -
WILLIAMS H.C.,
ASHWORTH J.,
PEMBROKE A.C.,
BREATHNACH S.M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1990.tb02063.x
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , dermatology , face (sociological concept) , pathology , sociology , social science
Summary Five cases of a distinctive facial eruption in Afro‐Caribbean children are described. Distinctive features include monomorphic papules that are confined to the face, especially around the mouth, eyelids and ears, its greater prevalence in black children, and its tendency to persist for several months before spontaneous resolution. The aetiology of this condition is unknown and its importance lies in reassuring patients of the benign and purely cutaneous nature of the eruption.