Open AccessExantema periflexural asimétrico de la infancia: reporte de 2 casos
Author(s) -
José M Romero de Avila Montoya,
Alba Hueto Najarro,
Neelam M Dadlani Dadlani,
María Del L Tárraga Marcos,
Paula M Barbera Pérez,
Gonzalo González García
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2020.e400
Subject(s) - medicine
The asymmetric periflexural exanthema of childhood is an underdiagnosed entity of unknown etiology that affects, most commonly, girls around two years of age. Clinically, it affects only one side of the body and it eventually disappears without the need of any specific treatment. We report two cases of this entity. The first case is a 14-month-old female patient with an erythematosus papular eruption that initiates near the axilla and progresses, in a period of seven days, towards the ipsilateral upper limb and hemithorax, with no other alterations. The second case is a 24-month-old female with a pruriginous erythematosus papular exanthema that begins on the left lower extremity and extends throughout the left hemibody. Due to the characteristics of the exanthema and the age range of the patients, they were diagnosed with asymmetric periflexural exanthema. They both received symptomatic treatment with spontaneous resolution of the condition.