[Leg ulcers in children and teenagers: A monocentric study of 10 cases]. / Ulcères de membres inférieurs chez les enfants et les adolescents : étude monocentrique de 10 cas.

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION: Leg ulcers in adults are a major public health concern. Incidence is increasing with age and there are many causes, with a predominance of vascular etiology. Leg ulcers in children and teenagers are less known and few studies have been conducted to investigate them. OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to examine the causes of leg ulcers in children and teenagers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective monocentric study in the Victor-Dupouy hospital in Argenteuil, in children and teenagers who consulted in our center, between 2008 and 2018, for a chronic leg ulcer (disease course>4 weeks). RESULTS: Ten patients were included, two boys and eight girls, aged from 7 to 15.3 years old. The most frequent etiologies were supine ulcers (n=2) and infectious (n=2). The others etiologies were sores under cast (n=1), sickle cell disease (n=1), dermatomyositis (n=1), post trauma (n=1), Pyoderma gangrenosum (n=1), ulcer on hemangioma (n=1). CONCLUSION: Infectious causes and supine ulcers were the most frequent etiologies found in our study. These results should be completed by other observations in a multicentric study, currently underway in order to have a better knowledge of the etiologies of leg ulcers in this population and of their clinical course.