Early-Onset Chromhidrosis in an Infant: Case Report

Chromhidrosis is the production of colored sweat by eccrine or apocrine sweat glands. The color results from lipofuscin pigment, and the disease can involve sweat glands in the axillae, neck or areola. The color of apocrine sweat may be brown, yellow, green, blue or black. Diagnosis of this rare and idiopathic disease is based on clinical features and skin biopsy is not necessary in all cases. If the diagnosis is questinable biopsy recommended. There is no specific therapy. Although treatment may not be necessary in some cases, capsaicin cream and botulinum toxin have been successfully used to treat patients. There have been very few reports of chromhidrosis in the pediatric age group. We report a 4 month old girl with this rare dermatological disorder. Because of our patient is one of the reported youngest cases, we think that our case is important and contribute to the literature.