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11358556

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
We report the presence of calcified nodules on the heels secondary to heel sticks in healthy monozygotic twins in childhood. The subjects were born preterm at 34 weeks. The heels were normal at birth. While in the hospital, they underwent multiple heel sticks as a means of venesection. The wounds failed to heal normally and warty lesions developed. Calcified cutaneous nodules secondary to heel sticks have been reported primarily in high-risk, preterm infants. There have also been two reports of their development in normal healthy infants. To date, all reported lesions have been asymptomatic, with spontaneous resolution by 18-30 months. These cases indicate that such lesions can in fact be chronic, extending into childhood, when they may become symptomatic. Dermatologists should therefore consider this diagnosis as a cause of warty, calcified nodules on the heel in childhood as well as in infants and in neonates.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0736-8046
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
138-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Calcified cutaneous nodules on the heels of children: a complication of heel sticks as a neonate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports