Few normal findings in Newborn

• Erythema toxicum – small white papules on an erythematous base which is usually present on the face, trunk and extremities. They contain eosinophils and may persist for a week.
  

• Mongolian spots – Slate-blue, demarcated areas of pigmentation seen over the buttocks and back.
• Pustular melanosis – Benign lesions seen predominantly in black neonates, contains neutrophils and is present at birth as vesiculopustular eruption around the chin, neck, back, extremities, palms and soles.
• Epstein Pearls - nests of epithelial cells, that appear as whitish/yellowish spots on hard palate. Usually, resolve by 3 months.
• Cutis Marmorata - Transient lacy reticular vascular pattern of skin caused due to exaggerated physiologic vasomotor response on exposure to low environmental temperature.

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Erythema Toxicum                                              Mongolian Spots

Epstein Pearls (Bohn Nodule)                                     Cutis Marmorata