Korean J Dermatol.
2000 Mar;38(3):404-406.
A Case of Granuloma Gluteale Infantum
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Korea University
Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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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.