A Clinical Analysis of Dermatologic Diseases in Infants

Kim, Hwa Mi; Kim, Chi Yeon

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The incidence of infantile dermatoses shows a tendency to increase, despite medical development and environmental improvement. Infantile dermatoses must be regarded discretely, due to special characteristics of the neonatal and infantile skin.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of dermatologic diseases in the infant patients.
METHODS
One hundred fifty nine out-patients, younger than 1 year who had visited the department of dermatology from January 2001 to December 2011, were analyzed, retrospectively.
RESULTS
The 0~1 year age group accounted for 0.58% of all new patients (261/44,718). The ratio of male to female was 1 to 0.69. Patients visited the hospital most frequently in the winter (34.5%). The most common disease was atopic dermatitis (30.3%), followed by hemangioma (9.2%), and irritant contact dermatitis (7.7%). The most common disease group was eczema (44.8%), followed by an infectious skin disease (19.2%), and dermal and subcutaneous tumors (10.7%).
CONCLUSION
This study provides useful data on the incidence and characteristics of dermatologic diseases in infant patients.