title: Large skull defect in aplasia cutis congenita treated by pericranial flap: long-term follow-up.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moscona
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Govrin
mesh_terms: 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