COLLODION BABY

This 7 years old male child is a case of collodion baby who goes to school. He is having high hypermetropia with esotropia and bilateral lower lid ectropions. He has got a younger sister of four years age with similar problem whereas another brother is quite normal. His parents are first cousins to...

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Main Author: Iftikhar Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gomal Medical College, D.I.Khan, Pakistan 2019-03-01
Series:Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://gjms.com.pk/ojs24/index.php/gjms/article/view/2012
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spelling doaj-82bbbb5c050d47b3b30950f0235b75162020-11-25T03:17:47ZengGomal Medical College, D.I.Khan, PakistanGomal Journal of Medical Sciences1819-79731997-20672019-03-0117110.46903/gjms/17.01.20121014COLLODION BABYIftikhar Ahmad0Department of Community Medicine, Gomal Medical College, D.I.KhanThis 7 years old male child is a case of collodion baby who goes to school. He is having high hypermetropia with esotropia and bilateral lower lid ectropions. He has got a younger sister of four years age with similar problem whereas another brother is quite normal. His parents are first cousins to each other, showing genetic predilection of this un-common congenital disorder. He needs regular skin massage with Vaseline thrice a day. Such patients are more prone to dehydration and infections.http://gjms.com.pk/ojs24/index.php/gjms/article/view/2012collodion
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COLLODION BABY
Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences
collodion
author_facet Iftikhar Ahmad
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title COLLODION BABY
title_short COLLODION BABY
title_full COLLODION BABY
title_fullStr COLLODION BABY
title_full_unstemmed COLLODION BABY
title_sort collodion baby
publisher Gomal Medical College, D.I.Khan, Pakistan
series Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences
issn 1819-7973
1997-2067
publishDate 2019-03-01
description This 7 years old male child is a case of collodion baby who goes to school. He is having high hypermetropia with esotropia and bilateral lower lid ectropions. He has got a younger sister of four years age with similar problem whereas another brother is quite normal. His parents are first cousins to each other, showing genetic predilection of this un-common congenital disorder. He needs regular skin massage with Vaseline thrice a day. Such patients are more prone to dehydration and infections.
topic collodion
url http://gjms.com.pk/ojs24/index.php/gjms/article/view/2012
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