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[A premature baby with hair loss]
M H A Schoenmaker1,2, P Thorsen1, C R W Korver1
1Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospital, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Oranjestad, Aruba.
A circular zone of hair loss was noted in a two-weeks old male baby, born prematurely. A painful and hyperemic caput succedaneum was diagnosed postpartum. The finding was diagnosed as halo scalp ring, caused by hypoxic-ischaemic tissue damage at the edge of the caput succedaneum, resulting in temporary hair loss.
A circular zone of hair loss was noted in a two-weeks old male baby, born prematurely. A painful and hyperemic caput succedaneum was diagnosed postpartum. The finding was diagnosed as halo scalp ring, caused by hypoxic-ischaemic tissue damage at the edge of the caput succedaneum, resulting in temporary hair loss.
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