Lavender and tea tree oils may cause enlarged breast tissue in boys
March 13th 2007A small study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that repeated topical use of products containing lavender oil and/or tea tree oil may cause prepubertal gynecomastia, which is considered to be rare in boys prior to puberty.
Fever and cutaneous lesions in a 2-year-old toddler: More than skin deep?
March 1st 2007It is early evening when a previously healthy 2-year-old Hispanic girl is brought to the hospital by her mother. The girl has a history of fever to 100.2 F axillary, and skin lesions that began four days earlier. The skin lesions are described as following a progressive course. The lesions would begin as non-itchy red patches with a central vesicle that would burst, leaving an ulcer with a black base.