Volume 26, Issue 4 pp. 484-485

Faun Tail Nevus with Aplasia Cutis Congenita

RAM CHANDER M.D.

RAM CHANDER M.D.

Departments of Dermatology and STDs

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ARPITA JAIN M.D.

ARPITA JAIN M.D.

Departments of Dermatology and STDs

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KRANTI JAYKAR M.D.

KRANTI JAYKAR M.D.

Departments of Dermatology and STDs

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TARU GARG M.D.

TARU GARG M.D.

Departments of Dermatology and STDs

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RAMA ANAND M.D.

RAMA ANAND M.D.


Radiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India

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First published: 03 August 2009
Citations: 5
Address correspondence to Ram Chander, M.D. Department of Dermatology and STDs, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001 or e-mail: [email protected].

Abstract

Abstract:  Faun tail nevus describes abnormal lumbar hypertrichosis, which may overlie on occult spinal abnormality and be a marker of asymptomatic underlying spinal dysraphism. We report a case of faun tail nevus, with dermal pits along with aplasia cutis congenita and asymptomatic spina bifida occulta, tethered conus, and diastematomyelia, a constellation of findings which to our knowledge has not been previously reported.

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