Pediatric chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis (CNH) in a child with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS)

Pediatr Dermatol. 2019 May;36(3):388-390. doi: 10.1111/pde.13765. Epub 2019 Feb 17.

Abstract

Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis is an idiopathic degenerative process that presents as a painful nodule, papule, or ulcer on the helix or antihelix. It predominantly affects adults and is thought to be associated with trauma to the ear. We describe a case of pediatric chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis occurring in a child with a history of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome that was successfully treated with an excisional biopsy and relief from a recurrent source of pressure on the ear.

Keywords: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome; chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis; inflammatory; overgrowth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome / complications*
  • Child
  • Dermatitis / etiology*
  • Dermatitis / pathology*
  • Dermatitis / therapy
  • Ear Auricle*
  • Ear Diseases / etiology*
  • Ear Diseases / pathology*
  • Ear Diseases / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male