Talon Noir: A Case Report in a Child

Abstract

Talon noir, originally called “Calcaneal petechiae”, was first described in 1961 as a “highly
characteristic traumatic petechial eruption of the heels” peculiar to basketball players. It is a
cutaneous disease-related trauma, with asymptomatic lesions and marked by the presence
of blood within the stratum corneum. It presents various clinical manifestations and their
location depends on the provocative factor involved. The authors present and discuss a case
of talon noir with an unusual clinical presentation in a 11 year-old children and demonstrate
the importance of correlation of clinical and histopathological features.