Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2010)

Conservative Treatment of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa Presenting as Bart Syndrome: A Case Report

  • Samet Vasfi Kuvat,
  • Mehmet Bozkurt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/302345
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2010

Abstract

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We presented a case of a newborn male with aplasia cutis congenita on the lower limb. The case was treated with conservative method. As for the conservative treatment, daily hydrodebridement with 1/200 diluted povidone-iodine and serum physiologic was performed, followed by closure of the wound with a dexpanthenol + chlorhexidine + fusidic acid-impregnated sterile gauze bandage. the followup that occured after three weeks, the wound was completely epithelialized, but a hypopigmented scar remained in the limb.