Korean J Dermatol.  2000 Mar;38(3):404-406.

A Case of Granuloma Gluteale Infantum

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  • 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Korea University Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Granuloma gluteale infantum has been applied to a condition arising as a complication of primary irritant dermatitis. Plastic pants, and the use of topical corticosteroids to treat diaper dermatitis are believed to be important precipitating factors. Candida albicans has been considered as an etiologic agent. The characteristic lesions are violaceous, oval nodules, occuring on the convexities of the diaper area in 2- to 9-month-old infants with a history of diaper dermatitis. We report a case of granuloma gluteale infantum that developed in a 3 month-old infant who had multiple violaceous nodules over the diaper area of the genitocrural region.

Keyword

Granuloma gluteale infantum; Diaper

MeSH Terms

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Candida albicans
Dermatitis
Dermatitis, Irritant
Granuloma*
Humans
Infant
Plastics
Precipitating Factors
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Plastics
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