title: Rudimentary meningocele presenting with an annular alopecia.
abstract: Rudimentary meningocele (RM) is a relatively rare developmental anomaly in which meningotherial elements are found in the skin. We present a case presenting with an annular alopecia over a rudimentary meningocele. Due to the occasional presence of connection or relationship to the central nervous system in RM, knowledge of the various clinical appearances including annular alopecia is clinically important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Chiba Tokushukai Hospital, Funabashi, Japan. h.kishimoto.derm@med.tmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishioka
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*