CONGENITAL SKIN APLASIA

Congenital skin aplasia affecting trunk.

Congenital skin aplasia on the lower limb in a premature infant with ELBW – case report

Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is usually located on the hairy scalp, on the vertex of the head, but can also occur in other locations, such as limbs, trunk. Congenital skin aplasia on the lower limb is very rare disorder. The exact etiopathogenesis is not known, but intrauterine conditions play a role in its development. ACC visually resembles an ulceration, with a smooth pink surface, which in...

Congenital aplasia of parathyroid glands and thymus.

Congenital absence of the parathyroid glands may be associated with congenital absence of the thymus (Lobdell, 1959). This is not surprising as both structures arise together from the 3rd and 4th branchial pouches. In the same way, vascular anomalies of the 3rd and 4th branchial arteries are found to be associated with abnormalities of the thymus, including thymic aplasia (Cameron, 1965). A pat...

Congenital bilateral medial rectus muscle aplasia.

To the Editors: Ocular motility problems related to congenital abnormalities of the extraocular muscles are rare. Such congenital abnormalities may present in a spectrum from accessory additional rectus muscles to the absence of extraocular muscles.1-5 Absence of one or more extraocular muscles is a rare condition usually seen in association with craniofacial syndromes. We present a case of bil...

Bilateral Congenital Aplasia of the Femur.