Harlequin colour change: unilateral erythema in a newborn.

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    • Subject Terms:
      JUVENILE diseases; ERYTHEMA; NEWBORN infants; BLOOD vessels; FETUS
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the five-day-old girl who has a unilateral erythema with developed contralateral pallor on the right side of her body. It says that the harlequin color in 10% of healthy newborns resolved within minutes and appears for a short time which makes the condition benign. It mentions that some authors speculated that it involves a temporary imbalance in the cutaneous blood vessels secondary to hypothalamic immaturity. It states that it should not be confused with harlequin fetus.