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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr 12:16:ic13.
eCollection 2016.

Congenital Primary Essential Cutis Verticis Gyrata

Andreas M Lamelas  1 , Peter J Taub  1 , Lester Silver  1 , Aron Kressel  1
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Case Reports

Congenital Primary Essential Cutis Verticis Gyrata

Andreas M Lamelas et al. Eplasty. .
No abstract available

Keywords: congenital; cutis verticis gyrata; essential; primary; scalp.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Patient at 12 months of age showing the 2 asymmetrical folds extending longitudinally from the forehead to the scalp.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Patient at 23 months of age showing proportionate growth of the folds with the rest of the scalp.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Intraoperative photograph of final wound closure showing multiple adjacent z-plasties within the hair-bearing scalp.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Histology slide showing an increase in collagen fibers with trapping of the apocrine and eccrine glands (original magnification ×20).
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