Congenital Primary Essential Cutis Verticis Gyrata
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Figure 1. Patient at 12 months of age showing the 2 asymmetrical folds extending longitudinally from the forehead to the scalp.
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[Essential primary cutis verticis gyrata]
OBJECTIVE: To report a rare case of a child with essential primary Cutis verticis gyrata. REPORT: Nine-year-old boy with extensive hypertrophy of scalp skin, with a cerebriform appearance. No underlying neurologic and ophthalmologic disorders were found, and no other cases were described in his family. COMMENTS: The diagnosis of primary Cutis verticis gyrata was established by thickening of the...
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