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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1987;30(10):1161-1165. Published online October 31, 1987.

A Case of Aplasia Cutis Congenita.

Sun Ock Kim¹, Yong Aee Chun¹, Young Min Ahn¹, Se Hoon Park²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Kang Nam General Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Dermatology, Kang Nam General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Aplasia cutis congenta is an anomaly characterized by focal absence of skin. In the majority of instances this is limited to the scalp, although other areas of the body may also be involved. Although most reported cases habe been sporad ic, there are many famillial occurrences. Other congenital malformations have been reported to occure with aplasia cutis congenita. We observed a newborn infant with aplasia cutis congenita. The skin defect was found on the posterior fontanelle. No associating other congenital anomalies were found in this cases.

Keywords :Aplasia cutis congenita