NON SYNDROMIC APLASIA CUTIS CONGENITA: A CASE REPORT
English

Chandrashekhar T, Sunita Kittali
2014 Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences  
Nonsyndromic aplasia cutis congenita is a condition in which babies are born with localized areas of missing skin. These areas resemble ulcers or open wounds, although they are sometimes already healed at birth. Lesions most commonly occur on the top of the head (skull vertex). In some cases, the bone and other tissues under the skin defect are also underdeveloped. If the baby is born by cesarean section, then the patient's attendants recognize the wound as an injury which might be performed by
more » ... the surgeon at the time of cesarean section. We are reporting this type of a case whose father attempted to take legal procedure against the surgeon, but finally he understood that this was a congenital disease of his baby.
doi:10.14260/jemds/2014/3521 fatcat:lzfkkbykknfldemffembagz5oy