Harlequin color change after abdominal paracentesis in a newborn with neonatal hemochromatosis

Mehmet N Cizmeci1, Demet Alagoz, Mehmet I Avsar

  • 1Division of Neonatology, Bursa Dortcelik Children's Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.

Pediatric Dermatology
|September 12, 2014
PubMed

Harlequin color change is a distinctive cutaneous phenomenon presenting as a well-demarcated color change, with half of the body displaying erythema and the other half pallor. Only a few cases have been reported, possibly because of under-recognition. Recognition of this benign, self-limited condition may enable physicians to avoid unnecessary interventions. Herein we describe a neonate with nonimmune hydrops fetalis due to neonatal hemochromatosis who developed Harlequin color change after abdominal paracentesis.

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