Abstract
We read with interest the article by Prizant et al<sup>1</sup>in the June 1996 issue of theArchives. It was suspected that the atrophic patches in premature infants developed in areas being exposed to cutaneous monitoring leads or adhesives during intensive care in the first weeks of life. This new entity of traumatic anetoderma of premature infants, mostly seen on the thoracic wall or proximal extremities, reminded us of similar lesions of anetoderma that we observed in a healthy newborn. <h3>Report of a Case.</h3> A healthy male newborn was delivered at term (weight, 2.9 kg; length, 48 cm) after a normal pregnancy as the woman's second child. The mother, who was 28 years old, had no history of infection during pregnancy, especially no tick bites or erythema migrans. Test results for antibodies against<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>were negative. The newborn developed mild icterus neonatorum in the first week, which was
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