Blue Periorbital Nodule in a Newborn

Arely Contreras, MD
Anthony J. Mancini, MD

American Family Physician. 2026;114(1):91-92.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

ARELY CONTRERAS, MD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

ANTHONY J. MANCINI, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Address correspondence to Arely Contreras, MD, at contreras.arely88@gmail.com.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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