Volume 26, Issue 3 pp. 362-363

Hypertrophic Scarring is the Usual Outcome of Non-Membranous Aplasia Cutis of the Scalp

STEFANO CAMBIAGHI M.D.

STEFANO CAMBIAGHI M.D.

Servizio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, U.O. di Dermatologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano, Italy

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LAURA MAFFEIS M.D.

LAURA MAFFEIS M.D.

Servizio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, U.O. di Dermatologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano, Italy

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LUCIA RESTANO M.D.

LUCIA RESTANO M.D.

Servizio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, U.O. di Dermatologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano, Italy

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CARLO GELMETTI M.D.

CARLO GELMETTI M.D.

Servizio di Dermatologia Pediatrica, U.O. di Dermatologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico,Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano, Italy

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First published: 10 June 2009
Citations: 4
Address correspondence to Dr. Stefano Cambiaghi, M.D., U.O. Dermatologia, Via Pace 9, 20122 – Milano, Italy, or e-mail: [email protected].

Abstract

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.

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