Aplasia Cutis Congenita, Scar - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

aplasia cutis congenita scar

Body Site

scalp

Age

18 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

skin color

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This toddler was born with a crusted ulcer on the vertex of the scalp. Over the first few months of life the ulcer healed with a fibrotic hairless plaque. His growth and development were normal, and there was no family history of similar scalp lesions

Description

1.5 cm atrophic fibrotic skin colored hairless plaque

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9/8/2002 17:18:18

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