Aplasia Cutis Congenita, Scar - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

aplasia cutis congenita scar

Body Site

scalp

Age

4 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

Comments

At birth this 4 month old boy had several ulcers on the posterior scalp. He was healthy with an uncomplicated pregnancy, labor and delivery. No forceps of monitor leads were used. Over the first 3 months of life the ulcers healed leaving hairless fibrotic and atrophic plaques. The rest of his physical examination was normal except for a regressing 5 mm hemangioma. Family history was negative for similar lesions on the scalp and body. These findings are typical of uncomplicated aplasic cutis congenita.

Description

fibrotic pink hairless scars

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10/9/2001 22:54:33

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