Large skull defect in aplasia cutis congenita treated by pericranial flap: long-term follow-up.
Nine patients with aplasia cutis congenita were treated in our department during the past 30 years. Of these, 1 patient died due to uncontrolled hemorrhage and 1 patient was operated on by using a pericranial flap to cover a 7 x 5-cm scalp defect with large bony involvement. After 5 years of follow-up, the skull defect closed completely by normal bone that can be palpated on examination and seen on radiographs.
Moscona
R
R
Department of Plastic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Berger
J
J
Govrin
J
J
D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012535:Scalp / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods