Dr. Katherine Brown Puttgen M.D.
Dermatologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Dermatology
Harriet Lane Childrens Building 200 North Wolfe Stre Baltimore MD, 21287About
Dr. Katherine Puttgen is a pediatric dermatologist practicing in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Puttgen specializes in the skin care of children. Pediatric dermatologists evaluate and manage both common and uncommon skin conditions that affect infants, children and teens. These conditions include acne, psoriasis, warts, skin infections, atopic dermatitis, herpes simplex and more. Pediatric dermatologists are also experts in more complex skin diseases like impetigo, hidradenitis and milaria. Dr. Puttgen diagnoses skin problems and develops unique treatments plans for each individual patient.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- No biopsy needed for eclipse and cockade nevi found on the scalps of children.
- Neurocutaneous vascular syndromes.
- Angiosarcoma arising from the tongue of an 11-year-old girl with xeroderma pigmentosum.
- Multifocal infantile hepatic hemangiomas--imaging strategy and response to treatment after propranolol and steroids including review of the literature.
- Propranolol and infantile hemangiomas four years later: a systematic review.
- Propranolol vs prednisolone for symptomatic proliferating infantile hemangiomas:
- Retrospective Study of Nasal Infantile Hemangiomas: Characteristics, Complications, and Outcomes.
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