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CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA WITH FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMATA
Author(s) -
THOMSON J.,
MACGILLIVRAY R. C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1969.tb15939.x
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , abnormality , foreign body , anatomy , dermatology , pathology , surgery , psychiatry
SUMMARY.— A case report of a patient with cutis verticis gyrata, in whom an additional scalp abnormality had supervened, is presented. Histologically, the latter was composed of fibrous tissue in which there were foreign body granulomata around embedded hair shafts.