What is the diagnosis in this baby girl who was delivered at 30 weeks' gestation?
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Ecthyma gangrenosum
Homozygous protein C deficiency
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome
Answer A. Congenital cytomegalovirus infectionThe girl had anemia and thrombocytopenia. The skin findings were due to congenital cytomegalovirus infection, with dermal hematopoiesis. Similar findings can occur as a result of severe anemia, congenital rubella, and parvovirus infection. The child did not survive.
Infection