Open AccessNewborn with a solitary hairless skin defect on the scalp vertex
Author(s) -
Koumaki Dimitra,
Koumaki Vasiliki,
Boumpoucheropoulos Sotirios,
Baltaga Ludmila,
Bitados Panagiotis,
Katoulis Alexander,
Krasagakis Konstantinos
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2468
Subject(s) - aplasia cutis congenita , medicine , scalp , hairless , dermatology , vertex (graph theory) , lesion , congenital disorder , pathology , surgery , genetics , graph , mathematics , discrete mathematics , biology
Abstract Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare congenital disorder usually presenting as an isolated lesion on the scalp that may be associated with genetic syndromes and congenital anomalies. Therefore, it is important to be aware of this syndrome.