A 3-month-old with a blistering plaque

Dermatol Online J. 2010 Sep 15;16(9):10.

Abstract

Cutaneous Mastocytosis is not an uncommon condition in the pediatric setting. The eruption can have multiple clinical presentations. We present a case of a 3-month-old child with a solitary mastocytoma who was initially diagnosed with recurrent bullous impetigo. Solitary mastocytoma can present as a blister. Although bullous impetigo is a common diagnosis in children and it would be tempting to make that diagnosis in the presence of a positive skin swab culture, clinicians always have to be mindful of secondary impetiginization of another primary skin disease process.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blister / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Erythema / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Impetigo / etiology
  • Infant
  • Leg / pathology
  • Mastocytoma, Skin / diagnosis*
  • Mastocytoma, Skin / drug therapy
  • Mastocytoma, Skin / pathology