SCLEROEDEME GENITO-SUS-PUBIEN OF THE NEWBORN - A FORGOTTEN DISEASE

A 2-month-old boy with an important hardening of the skin in the pubic and genital regions is presented. He was born prematurely at 31 weeks of gestation, and required a respirator during the first 72 h. The an alytical explorations and abdominal ultrasound images were normal. His tological study had not shown significant changes. The patient did not receive any treatment and gradually experienced remission. Because of the location and spontaneous regression in a few months, the picture is very similar to the one described by Degos as 'Scleroedeme genitosu s-pubien' of the newborn.