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Dermoscopic Findings of Scalp Aplasia Cutis Congenita
Author(s) -
Leandro Damiani,
Fernanda Musa Aguiar,
Mariana Vale Scribel da Silva,
Mariya Miteva,
Giselle Martins Pinto
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000453041
Subject(s) - aplasia cutis congenita , scalp , medicine , dermatology , alopecia areata , hypertrichosis , hair follicle , pathology , endocrinology
Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is a rare disease characterized by congenital absence of skin, affecting preferentially the scalp. Diagnosis is made clinically; however, recent studies have shown that dermoscopy can be a useful tool for the diagnosis and differentiation from sebaceous nevus. The clinical findings include a shiny atrophic alopecic patch associated with dermoscopic findings of absent follicular openings, thicker vessels and a distinct collar hypertrichosis. We report 2 cases of alopecia presenting from birth. At dermoscopy, the absence of follicular openings and the increase in the caliber of vessels led us to establish the diagnosis of ACC.

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