Bilateral abdominal aplasia cutis congenita associated with atrial septal defect: a case report

Pediatr Dermatol. 1997 Mar-Apr;14(2):117-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00217.x.

Abstract

A full-term infant girl who had bilateral, symmetrical, sharply defined, triangular-shaped ulcers on both sides of the umbilicus is described. A punch biopsy specimen showed histologic findings of aplasia cutis. Echocardiographic examination revealed primum-type atrial septal defect. To our knowledge, this association is the first of its kind to be reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen*
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / complications*
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Skin / ultrastructure