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A caul is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn's head and face. [1] Birth with a caul is rare, occurring in less than 1 in 80,000 births. [2] The caul is harmless and is immediately removed by the attending parent, physician, or midwife upon birth of the child.
Mongolian spot is a congenital developmental condition—that is, one existing from birth—exclusively involving the skin.The blue colour is caused by melanocytes, melanin-containing cells, that are usually located in the surface of the skin (the epidermis), but are in the deeper region (the dermis) in the location of the spot. [6]
Loss or diminished function of type VII collagen leads to weakness in the structural architecture of the dermal–epidermal junction (DEJ) and mucosal membranes. [9] There are four main types: epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB), junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB), and Kindler syndrome .
A California baby, born prematurely at 26 weeks, is a true rarity. This is 10-week-old Silas Phillips. He was born via cesarean section, completely enclosed in his amniotic sac, something known as ...
A female baby born in Nagpur, India in June 2016 died after two days. She was the first case of harlequin ichthyosis reported in India. [39] [40] [41] Hannah Betts was born with the condition in 1989 in Great Britain, and died in 2022 at 32 years old. [42] Ng Poh Peng was born in 1991 in Singapore. Doctors had not expected her to live past her ...
Phocomelia is a congenital condition that involves malformations of human arms and legs which result in a flipper-like appendage. [1] [2] A prominent cause of phocomelia is the mother being prescribed the use of the drug thalidomide during pregnancy; however, the causes of most cases are to be determined.
Wrinkly skin syndrome (WSS) is a rare genetic condition characterized by sagging, wrinkled skin, low skin elasticity, and delayed fontanelle (soft spot) closure, along with a range of other symptoms. [1] The disorder exhibits an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern with mutations in the ATP6V0A2 gene, leading to abnormal glycosylation events ...
Affected babies are born in a collodion membrane – a shiny, waxy-appearing outer layer on the skin. This is shed 10–14 days after birth, revealing the main symptom of the disease: extensive scaling of the skin caused by hyperkeratosis. With increasing age, the scaling tends to become concentrated around joints in areas such as the groin ...