Exfoliative dermatitis in thai children

Wanee Wisuthsarewong, Rattanavalai Nitiyarom, Theerawat Buddawong

Astrocyte 2017 3(4):184-187

Background: Exfoliative dermatitis (ED) is an inflammatory skin disorder in which generalized skin erythema and scaling affect at least 90% of the body. Aims: To determine the etiology, clinical presentations, laboratory findings, management, and outcomes of ED. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at the Department of Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital. Data of pediatric patients diagnosed with ED during January 1992 and June 2014 were reviewed. Results: Forty-seven patients were identified. The median age at diagnosis was 4 years and 8 months (range 1–164 months), and 10 cases (21.3%) were infants. Presenting symptoms included itching (76.6%), fever (38.3%), painful sensation (17.0%), and diarrhea (12.8%). Physical findings were dehydration (42.6%), fever (34.0%), failure to thrive (29.8%), tachycardia (29.8%), hepatomegaly (17.0%), edema (12.8%), lymphadenaopathy (8.5%), and splenomegaly (6.4%). Common laboratory abnormalities revealed thrombocytosis (51.4%), eosinophilia (48.6%), elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (42.9%), and elevated liver enzymes (30.3%). Hepatosplenomegaly and lymphadenopathy were found to be statistically significantly correlated with immunodeficiency syndrome (P < 0.05). No other clinical or laboratory findings were associated with any specific etiology. Preexisting skin diseases (53.2%), including atopic dermatitis (23.4%), psoriasis (17.0%), pityriasis rubra pilaris (10.6%), and seborrheic dermatitis (2.1%), were the most common causes of ED. Other causes were primary immunodeficiency (12.8%), congenital ichthyosis (10.6%), drugs (10.6%), metabolic disorders (4.3%), and unknown etiology (8.5%). Mortality rate was 8.5%. Limitation: Some data from this retrospective study may have been missing and some investigations may not have been performed in all patients. Conclusion: The most common etiology of ED in children was preexisting skin diseases. Prognosis was poor in immunodeficiency disorders.

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