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Faun Tail Nevus with Aplasia Cutis Congenita
Author(s) -
CHANDER RAM,
JAIN ARPITA,
JAYKAR KRANTI,
GARG TARU,
ANAND RAMA
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00965.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aplasia cutis congenita , diastematomyelia , asymptomatic , hypertrichosis , spina bifida occulta , dermatology , cutis , abnormality , aplasia , anatomy , nevus , pathology , spinal cord , spina bifida , surgery , scalp , melanoma , cancer research , psychiatry
Faun tail nevus describes abnormal lumbar hypertrichosis, which may overlie on occult spinal abnormality and be a marker of asymptomatic underlying spinal dysraphism. We report a case of faun tail nevus, with dermal pits along with aplasia cutis congenita and asymptomatic spina bifida occulta, tethered conus, and diastematomyelia, a constellation of findings which to our knowledge has not been previously reported.