Aplasia Cutis Congenita, Scar - DermAtlas

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Katherine Puttgen, MD

Diagnosis

aplasia cutis congenita scar

Body Site

scalp head

Age

9 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

discrete

Color

skin color

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

unilateral localized

Comments

This healthy 9-month-old girl had a hairless crusted atrophic plaque on her scalp at birth. An eye examination and a screening ultrasound of the head was normal. The patient continued to grow and develop normally, and the child was referred to pediatric plastic surgery for evaluation. Her hair camoflaged the area quite well.

Description

8 X 4 cm well demarcated atrophic fibrotic hairless pink plaque

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4/21/2008 22:04:39

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