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...

Cutis verticis gyrata is a long lasting and progressive condition in which there is hypertrophy and folding of the scalp skin. It typically affects the vertex and occipital region; however, it may involve the entire scalp. Classically, it has been divided into primary and secondary forms. Primary has been sub-divided into primary essential and non-essential. Secondary forms are commonly due to ...

Cutis verticis gyrata is characterized by excessive formation of scalp skin. It may be primary (essential and nonessential) or secondary. In the primary essential form it presents only folding skin formation on the scalp, mimicking cerebral gyri, without associated comorbidities. We report a rare case of a 28 year-old male patient with primary essential cutis verticis gyrata.

Cutis verticis gyrata is a rare clinical manifestation presenting with cerebral convolution like appearance of the scalp. It can be primary or secondary. We report case 41 year old male acromegaly who had cutis gyrata.

We discuss a complicated case of a 34 year-old male with cutis verticis gyrata presenting simultaneously with hypertrophic osteoarthropathy and a pituitary macroadenoma. The patient was initially suspected of having acromegaly secondary to the pituitary adenoma but further workup showed normal insulin growth factor-1 and growth hormone levels inconsistent with acromegaly. Subsequent workup was ...

We report the case of a 30-year-old black man with a large mass consisting of longitudinal parallel ridges and furrows on the left parietal region. A small, single, hyperpigmented macule was present at birth and gradually grew and extended over the years. Cutis verticis gyrata was suspected, and an investigation was performed to discharge the possibility of pachydermoperiostosis. However, resul...

We report a 66-year-old man with two closely neighbored, asymptomatic, markedly elevated noduloplaques over each eyebrow symmetrically for about 1 to 2 years. The convoluted folds and deepening furrows formed from thickened skin of and between the eyebrows resembled the pattern of cutis verticis gyrata which typically affected the scalp. Histologically, it presented as smooth muscle proliferati...

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 15 No 2 June 2006 From the Departments of Neurology and Radiology, Lotung St Mary’s Hospital, I-Lan, Taiwan. Received October 19, 2005. Revised October 25, 2005. Accepted October 31, 2005. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Zen-Yong Chen, MD. Department of Neurology, Lotung St Mary’s Hospital, No. 160, Chong-Cheng S. Road, I-Lan, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]...

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