Volume 26, Issue 4 pp. 479-481

Congenital Plate-like Osteoma Cutis in an Infant

ANGELA HERNANDEZ-MARTIN M.D.

ANGELA HERNANDEZ-MARTIN M.D.

Department of Dermatology, Hospital Niño Jesus, Madrid

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BELEN PEREZ-MIES M.D.

BELEN PEREZ-MIES M.D.

Department of Pathology, Hospital General de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain

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ANTONIO TORRELO M.D.

ANTONIO TORRELO M.D.

Department of Dermatology, Hospital Niño Jesus, Madrid

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First published: 03 August 2009
Citations: 5
Address correspondence to Dr. Angela Hernandez-Martin, M.D., Section of Dermatology, Hospital del Niño Jesús, Avda. Menendez Pelayo,65, 28009 Madrid, Spain, or e-mail: [email protected].

Abstract

Abstract:  Plate-like osteoma cutis is widely thought to be present at birth, but it has never been illustrated in early infancy until now. We report on an infant that presented with congenital plate-like osteoma cutis, showing the earliest clinical aspect of the lesion and its initial morphologic changes.

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