Congenital skin aplasia affecting trunk.

Congenital skin aplasia affecting trunk.

Aplasia cutis congenita: a case report

Aplasia cutis congenita is the congenital absence of skin mostcommonly affecting the scalp. No definite etiology is available butmultiple causes such as intrauterine infection, fetal exposure tococaine, heroin, alcohol or antithyroid drugs, vascular disruption,genetic causes, syndromes and teratogens have been suggested.We present an infant with extensive aplasia cutis of the trunk andthigh. He...

Dermoscopic characteristics of congenital melanocytic nevi affecting acral volar skin.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the dermoscopic features of acral congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN). DESIGN Retrospective independent evaluation of dermoscopic images by 2 dermoscopists. SETTING A dermatology clinic at a university hospital. PATIENTS Using the files of the clinic from January 1, 2004, through February 28, 2009, we selected cases with CMN lesions affecting acral volar skin that ...

Congenital skin aplasia on the lower limb in a premature infant with ELBW – case report

Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is usually located on the hairy scalp, on the vertex of the head, but can also occur in other locations, such as limbs, trunk. Congenital skin aplasia on the lower limb is very rare disorder. The exact etiopathogenesis is not known, but intrauterine conditions play a role in its development. ACC visually resembles an ulceration, with a smooth pink surface, which in...

Congenital aplasia of parathyroid glands and thymus.

Congenital absence of the parathyroid glands may be associated with congenital absence of the thymus (Lobdell, 1959). This is not surprising as both structures arise together from the 3rd and 4th branchial pouches. In the same way, vascular anomalies of the 3rd and 4th branchial arteries are found to be associated with abnormalities of the thymus, including thymic aplasia (Cameron, 1965). A pat...