Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?

A lot of skin diseases can occur on children’s faces. We report two children with unique flushing on their faces, sometimes accompanied with headache. Their eruption did not meet various differential diagnoses. Many dermatologists may have seen a similar condition but did not think much about it. Th...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Jinnin, Satoshi Fukushima, Yuji Inoue, Hironobu Ihn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/802130
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spelling doaj-bf83c28ae6394cd78505d62fe7c538052020-11-24T23:57:57ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712013-01-01201310.1155/2013/802130802130Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?Masatoshi Jinnin0Satoshi Fukushima1Yuji Inoue2Hironobu Ihn3Department of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, JapanDepartment of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, JapanDepartment of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, JapanDepartment of Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, JapanA lot of skin diseases can occur on children’s faces. We report two children with unique flushing on their faces, sometimes accompanied with headache. Their eruption did not meet various differential diagnoses. Many dermatologists may have seen a similar condition but did not think much about it. Thus, it should be worth regarding such symptom as the benign new clinical entity, which may comfort patients with similar conditions and merit further attention in clinical practice.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/802130
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Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?
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title Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?
title_short Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?
title_full Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?
title_fullStr Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?
title_full_unstemmed Geographical Flushing of the Children’s Face: A New Clinical Entity?
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series Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
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publishDate 2013-01-01
description A lot of skin diseases can occur on children’s faces. We report two children with unique flushing on their faces, sometimes accompanied with headache. Their eruption did not meet various differential diagnoses. Many dermatologists may have seen a similar condition but did not think much about it. Thus, it should be worth regarding such symptom as the benign new clinical entity, which may comfort patients with similar conditions and merit further attention in clinical practice.
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