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Milia
plugging of sebaceous glands
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Pseudomenstruation
milky secretions or small amts of blood seen from a sudden drop in progesterone and estrogen levels
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Witch’s milk
secreted by the infant’s breasts
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Dextrocardia
anomaly wherein the heart is on the right side of the body
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Smegma
white cheesy substance, commonly found around the glans penis, under the foreskin
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Epithelial pearls
small, white, firm lesions may be seen at the tip of the penis
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Syndactyl
fusion of digits
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Acrocyanosis
cyanosis of the hands and feet
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Cutis marmorata
Transient mottling when infant is exposed to decreased temperature
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Apnea
breathing stops for 20 sec
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Miliaria or sudamina
distended sweat glands that appear as minute vesicles, especially on face
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Erythema toxicum
pink popular rash with vesicles superimposed on thorax, back, buttocks, and abdomen; may appear in 24 – 48 hrs and resolve in several days
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Harlequin color change
clearly outlined color change as infant lies on one side; lower half of body becomes pink and upper half is pale
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Mongolian spots
Irregular areas of deep blue pigmentation, usually in sacral and gluteal regions; seen predominantly in newborns of African, Native American, Asian, or Hispanic descent
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Telangiectatic nevi (“stork bites”)
flat, deep pink localized areas usually seen on back of neck
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Sclerema
Hard and stiff skin
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Café-au-lait spots
light brown spots
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Nevus Flammeus
Port-wine stain
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Caput succedaneum
Edema of soft scalp tissue
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Cephalhematoma: (uncomplicated)
(uncomplicated) Hematoma between periosteum and skull bone
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Craniotabes
Snapping sensation along lamboid suture that resembles indentation of Ping-Pong ball
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Subconjunctival (sclera) hemorrhages
ruptured capillaries, usually
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Natal teeth
teeth present at birth; benign but may be associated with congenital defects
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Epstein pearls
small, white epithelial cysts along midline of hard palate
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Candidiasis (thrush)
white, adherent patches on tongue, palate, and buccal surfaces
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Torticollis (wry neck)
head held to one side with chin pointing to the opposite side
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Sinus arrhythmia
heart rate increasing with inspiration and decreasing with expiration
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Dextrocardia
heart on right side
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Diastasis recti
midline gap between recti muscles
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Wharton jelly
unusually thick umbilical cord
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Wharton jelly
unusually thick umbilical cord
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Omphalocele or gastroschisis
protrusion of abdominal contents through abdominal wall or cord
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Psuedomenstruation
blood-tinged or mucoid discharge
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Epithelial pearls
small, firm, white lesions at tip of prepuce
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Hypospadias
urethral opening on ventral surface of penis
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Epispadias
Urethral opening on dorsal surface of penis
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Chordee
ventral curvature of penis
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Hydrocele
fluid in scrotum
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Syndactyly
fused or webbed digits
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Phocomelia
hands or feet attached close to trunk
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Hemimelia
Absence of distal part of extremity
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Hypotonia
Floppy, poor head control, extremities limp
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Hypertonia
jittery, arms and hands tightly flexed, legs stiffly extended, startles easily
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Opisthotonic posturing
arched back
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Opthalmia neonatorum
infectious conjunctivitis of the newborn
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Erb palsy (Erb-Duchenne paralysis)
caused by damage to the iupper plexus and usually results from stretching or pulling away of the shoulder from the head, as might occur with shoulder dystocia or with a difficult vertex or breech delivery
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Klumpke palsy
results from severe stretching of the upper extremity while the trunk is relatively less mobile
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Giant pigmented nevus (bathing trunk nevus)
dark brown to black, irregular plaque that is at risk of transformation to malignant melanoma
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Junctional or compound nevi
dark brown or black macules that become more numerous with age
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Vascular stains (malformations)
permanent lesions that are present at birth and are initially flat and erythemous
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Port-wine stain or nevus flammeus
lesions that are pink, red, or rarely, purple stains of the skin that thicken, darken, and proportionately enlarge as the child grows
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Transient macular stain
stork bite, salmon patch, or angel kiss
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Sturge-Weber syndrome: tumor of blood and lymph vessels in the pia-arachnoid
tumor of blood and lymph vessels in the pia-arachnoid
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Kilppel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome
bony or muscular overgrowth
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Capillary hemangiomas (strawberry hemangiomas):
benign cutaneous tumors that involve only capillaries
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Cavernous venous hemangiomas
involve deeper vessels in the dermis and have a bluish red color and poorly defined margins
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