自本世纪初,已知婴儿皮肤黄色素沉着与食入胡萝卜有关。但奇怪的是在儿科学教材中,有关胡萝卜素血症却很少介绍。作者曾诊治了一名胡萝卜素血症婴儿,根据病史,患儿未食用过胡萝卜或其它黄色疏菜。为此,查阅了食物成份一览表,企图了解胡萝卜素含量高的食品;并翻阅了儿科学及大部分皮肤病学教材,以获知有关胡萝卜素血症的全面知识,但均未能找到资料。了解和掌握胡萝卜素血症的有关知识是重要的,以避免不必要的诊断性检查 Since the beginning of this century, it has been known that infant skin pigmentation is related to the ingestion of carrots. But it is strange that in pediatrics textbooks, there is very little introduction about carotenoids. The author has diagnosed a carotene-infantile infants, according to the history, children have not eaten carrots or other yellow vegetables. For this purpose, a list of food ingredients was consulted in an attempt to learn about foods rich in carotene; and the pediatrics and most dermatology textbooks were read to gain comprehensive knowledge of carotenoids but none of them were found. It is important to understand and master the knowledge about carotenoids to avoid unnecessary diagnostic tests