Focal Dermal Hypoplasia with an Initial Inflammatory Phase

Abstract

We report a case of focal dermal hypoplasia with an initial inflammatory phase. Although our patient had dark red macules and papules and red linear atrophic lesions at birth, her lesions were somewhat faded at 3 months of age and had become yellowish before 5 months of age. Histologic examination of lesions at 3 months of age showed marked edema in the papillary dermis, mononuclear cell infiltration, a prominent fibroblastic population, and a large cluster of dermal lipocytes, suggesting an association between the inflammation and the development of dermal adipose tissue.