neonate = birth to four weeks
| • | blueberry muffin baby |
| • | sclerema neonatorum |
| • | subcutaneous fat necrosis of newborn |
| • | heel stick calcification secondary to nursery sticks; resolves spontaneously before child walks |
neonatal purpura
| • | may be secondary to: |
| • | decreased platelets |
| • | immune complexes |
| • | extramedullary hematopoesis (blueberry muffin baby) |
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TORCHES syndrome
| • | TORCHES = organisms that can cross the blood-placenta barrier: |
| • | T - toxoplasmosis |
| • | O – other infections listeria, varicella, parvovirus B19, syphilis, hepatitis B |
| • | R – rubella |
| • | C – CMV |
| • | HE – herpes, HIV |
| • | S - syphilis |