Scalp necrosis in a neonate treated with cultured autologous keratinocytes.
A neonate compromised by a stressful labor, low birth weight, anemia, seizures, and enterocolitis developed necrosis of a caput succedaneum of the calvaria. Coverage with cultured autologous keratinocytes was successful and represents a treatment modality with minimal morbidity compared with conventional split-thickness skin grafts.
Morykwas
M J
MJ
Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Beason
E S
ES
Argenta
L C
LC
D001720:Birth Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D008722:Methods; D009336:Necrosis; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*