Hypertrophic scarring is the usual outcome of non-membranous aplasia cutis of the scalp.
The outcome of aplasia cutis congenita of the scalp, nonmembranous type, in a series of 21 Caucasian patients is reported. In all the patients the congenital skin defect healed with irregular hypertrophic scar formation.
Cambiaghi
Stefano
S
Servizio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, U.O. di Dermatologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano, Italy. stefano.cambiaghi@fastwebnet.it
Maffeis
Laura
L
Restano
Lucia
L
Gelmetti
Carlo
C
D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004476:Ectodermal Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012535:Scalp / Q000002:abnormalities*