title: [Essential primary cutis verticis gyrata]
abstract: OBJECTIVE: To report a rare case of a child with essential primary Cutis verticis gyrata. REPORT: Nine-year-old boy with extensive hypertrophy of scalp skin, with a cerebriform appearance. No underlying neurologic and ophthalmologic disorders were found, and no other cases were described in his family. COMMENTS: The diagnosis of primary Cutis verticis gyrata was established by thickening of the scalp and absence of neurologic and ophthalmologic abnormalities. Differential diagnosis comprises secondary conditions such as: cerebriform intradermal nevus, pachydermoperiostosis, acromegaly, and inflammatory diseases of the scalp. This is the first report of a child with this form of Cutis verticis gyrata.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre (FFFCMPA), RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Letícia K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Schenato
authors.forename: Tatiane
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Lauro A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ricachnevsky
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanseverino
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Halpern