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[Leg ulcers in children and teenagers: A monocentric study of 10 cases]
1Service de dermatologie et médecine vasculaire, hôpital Victor-Dupouy, 69, rue du Lieutenant-Colonel Prud'hon, 95100 Argenteuil, France.
Introduction:
Leg ulcers in adults are a major public health concern. Incidence is increasing with age and there are many causes, with a predominance of vascular etiology. Leg ulcers in children and teenagers are less known and few studies have been conducted to investigate them.
Objective:
The aim of our study was to examine the causes of leg ulcers in children and teenagers.
Material And Methods:
We conducted a retrospective monocentric study in the Victor-Dupouy hospital in Argenteuil, in children and teenagers who consulted in our center, between 2008 and 2018, for a chronic leg ulcer (disease course>4 weeks).
Results:
Ten patients were included, two boys and eight girls, aged from 7 to 15.3 years old. The most frequent etiologies were: supine ulcers (n=2) and infectious (n=2). The others etiologies were: sores under cast (n=1), sickle cell disease (n=1), dermatomyositis (n=1), post trauma (n=1), Pyoderma gangrenosum (n=1), ulcer on hemangioma (n=1).
Conclusion:
Infectious causes and supine ulcers were the most frequent etiologies found in our study. These results should be completed by other observations in a multicentric study, currently underway in order to have a better knowledge of the etiologies of leg ulcers in this population and of their clinical course.
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