Congenital erosive dermatosis with reticulated supple scarring: first neonatal report.

To the Editor.— Congenital erosive dermatosis healing with reticulated supple scarring is a cutaneous and visceral syndrome concerning children who presented at birth with erosive and bullous lesions that healed afterward with reticulated scarring. Five cases have already been reported 1,2. , we report the first observation with a clinical aspect present at birth. Report of a Case.— A male newborn, the first child of parents without a history of consanguinity, was born after a 30-week gestation by cesarean delivery (birth weight, 1000 g; Apgar scores, 3 at 1 minute, 6 at 5 minutes; normal placenta). He presented at birth with a widespread erythematous dermatosis looking like "scalded skin." An adhesive membrane was noticed in places on the fetal skin, possibly corresponding to the early stage of amniotic sac adhesion; removal of this adhesion left erosive lesions in places, particularly on the face (Fig 1). The amniotic rupture occurred 5 days