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J Orthop Case Rep
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Introduction: Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) describes a spectrum of disorders affecting the neonatal hip. Trachyonychia or twenty nail dystrophy refers to thin, brittle nails with excessive longitudinal ridging affecting all twenty nails. Alopecia universalis congenita (ALUNC) is a rare anomaly affecting skin and appendages.
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July 2024
Dermatology Unit, Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Science, Dermatology Section, University of Siena, S. Maria alle Scotte Hospital, Siena, Italy.
Introduction: Soon after birth, the clinical differential diagnosis between sebaceous of Jadassohn (NSJ), congenital triangular alopecia (CTA) and aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) may be challenging. A certain overlap of standard dermoscopic features can occur, especially in atypical cases, depending on scalp skin morphology and maturation age. The recently developed line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) can provide morphological skin details with cellular resolution trough a rapid non-invasive examination.
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May 2024
Ophthalmology, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.
J Craniofac Surg
February 2024
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Purpose: Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is a heterogeneous group of congenital disorders characterized by the absence of epidermis, dermis, appendages, subcutaneous tissue, and bone. The aim of the study is to describe a clinical report of ACC of the scalp treated with skin expanders.
Clinical Report: In October 2019, a 16-year-old female patient underwent scalp expansion with 2 rectangular devices (150 and 250 cm3; Radovan Mentor-Johnson&Johnson).
J Craniofac Surg
June 2024
Division of Plastic Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
The ideal evaluation and treatment of aplasia cutis congenita remains disputed. We present a case of midline scalp cutis aplasia that healed by secondary intention, leaving an area of residual alopecia. There were no clinical indicators of an underlying calvarial defect.
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