Ann Saudi Med 30(2) March-April 2010 www.saudiannals.net 171 A two-hour-old female neonate, a product of nonconsanguineous marriage with unremarkable family history, was brought with well-defined bilaterally symmetrical and superficial erosions on the knees, trunk and lower limbs with sparing of scalp and mucosa (Figure 1). Biopsy revealed an absence of epidermis and superficial dermis. Antenat...

Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC) is a rare, commonly benign, congenital, localized or generalized vascular anomaly of unknown aetiology. It is characterized by persistent cutis marmorata, telangiectasia and phlebectasia. Extracutaneous findings may be associated with CMTC in 18.8-70% of the cases. Diagnosis of the disorder is based on the clinical findings. The prognosis is good...

Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is defined as complete or partial loss absence of skin at birth and it can occur on any part the body, but most commonly scalp. Single offspring with ACC have been reported in case reports, cases twins are rarely reported. Here, we report two ACC, monozygotic twin boys presented scattered over scalp vertex after birth. All lesions ulcers no hair healed scars, other...

Congenital cutis laxa is an exceptional condition. No large scale pedigree has been reported from Iran. We report a family with 106 members with two members affected with cutis laxa. Our cases were two patients (male and female) with pre- and postnatal growth retardation, cutis laxa, characteristic facies and other manifestations which proved that they were affected with cutis laxa. Their ...

Failure of development of the primitive lung bud leads to an extremely rare congenital anomaly with a prevalence of 34 per 10 lac live births termed pulmonary aplasia. In half of such cases, associated congenital malformations of the cardiovascular, skeletal, gastrointestinal, or genitourinary systems are present. The Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is defined as the congenital a...

A congenital defect of the scalp is an uncommon entity occurring in one in 2000 deliveries. It may present certain diagnostic problems in the newborn infants. In this era of invasive intrapartum fetal monitoring, Obstetricians should be made aware of this entity as in its limited form aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) could easily be mistaken for damage inflicted by spiral electrodes. The late scar...

Cutis laxa (CL) is a rare congenital and acquired disorder characterized by loose and redundant skin with reduced elasticity. Three types of congenital cutis laxa have been recognized. Other findings are pulmonary emphysema, bronchiectasia, hernia and diverticulosis. We describe a female neonate involved by cutis laxa syndrome and a positive family history. We focus on the radiologic findings o...