title: Bilateral abdominal aplasia cutis congenita associated with atrial septal defect: a case report.
abstract: A full-term infant girl who had bilateral, symmetrical, sharply defined, triangular-shaped ulcers on both sides of the umbilicus is described. A punch biopsy specimen showed histologic findings of aplasia cutis. Echocardiographic examination revealed primum-type atrial septal defect. To our knowledge, this association is the first of its kind to be reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tekinalp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yurdakök
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gököz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saçkesen
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hindioglu
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012867:Skin / Q000648:ultrastructure