Megan's Shoulder

When Megan was born she had a blister on her shoulder. The nurses and doctors thought that it was a sucking blister and told us it should go away on it's own. When the blister healed and the scab fell off there was an area on her shoulder that looked like a burn. When we took her for her 2 month check-up we filled her pediatrician in on what was happening with her shoulder. Since the time of her release from the hospital her shoulder had blistered three times and didn't seem
to be improving.

The pediatrician sent us to see a dermatologist. The dermatologist didn't want to do a biopsy because she was so small. He also felt that he knew what the problem was. His initial diagnosis was that it was simply where her skin did not fully form. We were sent home with a special soap and told to put Aquaphor on it twice daily. It should heal quickly. The spot continued to blister.


We went back to the dermatologist to get the area checked and were told that because it continued to blister it was not simply the opening in the skin as he originally thought. Megan had to have a biopsy so that we would finally be able to determine what was happening with her tiny little shoulder. Then we would be able to treat it properly.









This is a shot of her shoulder bandaged up after the biopsy.




The diagnosis..... Cutaneous Mastocytosis.....the dermatologist said that the epidermis shows mild irregular acanthosis and hyperkeratosis.....(still not exactly sure what it all means, so not going to try to explain it to you until I do)



What do we do....we have been referred to an allergist to see if we can get it taken care of....we will keep you posted!