Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report

Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of a patch of skin since birth. It may lead to life threatening complications at times. A 5-day-old neonate with Aplasia cutis congenita was received in a state of shock due to tremendous blood loss from the superior s...

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Autores principales: Mahmood, Farrukh, Tasneem, Shahzadi, Nadeem, Malik Muhammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023367
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description Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of a patch of skin since birth. It may lead to life threatening complications at times. A 5-day-old neonate with Aplasia cutis congenita was received in a state of shock due to tremendous blood loss from the superior sagittal sinus. The neonate was resuscitated immediately followed by closure of the superior sagittal sinus and flap coverage to the defect as a life saving procedure.
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spelling pubmed-44203082015-05-28 Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report Mahmood, Farrukh Tasneem, Shahzadi Nadeem, Malik Muhammad J Neonatal Surg Case Report Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of a patch of skin since birth. It may lead to life threatening complications at times. A 5-day-old neonate with Aplasia cutis congenita was received in a state of shock due to tremendous blood loss from the superior sagittal sinus. The neonate was resuscitated immediately followed by closure of the superior sagittal sinus and flap coverage to the defect as a life saving procedure. EL-MED-Pub 2012-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4420308/ /pubmed/26023367 Text en Copyright © 2012 Mahmood et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report
title Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report
title_full Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report
title_fullStr Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report
title_short Aplasia Cutis Congenita Scalp Presenting with Life Threatening Hemorrhage: A Case Report
title_sort aplasia cutis congenita scalp presenting with life threatening hemorrhage: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26023367
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