Nonsurgical approach to congenital scalp and skull defects

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  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, New York
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✓ The management of congenital scalp and skull defects, as generally advocated, is surgical. The authors report such a case that was treated conservatively. At her 3-year follow-up review, the patient's scalp and skull defects and other associated cutaneous defects were fully reconstituted. Such a nonoperative approach, while rarely reported, emphasizes the natural course that some of these lesions may follow. The literature on aplasia cutis congenita is briefly reviewed.

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