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A disappearing neonatal skin lesion

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A preterm baby girl was noted at birth to have a firm, raised, non-tender skin lesion located over her right hip. She developed three similar smaller lesions on her ear, buttock and right knee. All lesions had resolved by 2 months of age.

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  1. Department of Neonatology, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    Colin Patrick Hawkes & Eugene Michael Dempsey

  2. Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Colin Patrick Hawkes & Eugene Michael Dempsey

  3. Department of Pathology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    James Fitzgibbon

  4. Department of Dermatology, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, Ireland

    John Francis Bourke

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Hawkes, C.P., Bourke, J.F., Fitzgibbon, J. et al. A disappearing neonatal skin lesion. Eur J Pediatr 170, 1353–1354 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-011-1516-4

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