title: Hypertrophic scarring is the usual outcome of non-membranous aplasia cutis of the scalp.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, U.O. di Dermatologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano, Italy. stefano.cambiaghi@fastwebnet.it
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cambiaghi
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maffeis
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Restano
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gelmetti
mesh_terms: 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*