CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA
- 1 March 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 27 (3) , 392-400
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1933.01450040398003
Abstract
Since Unna,1in 1907, introduced the name of cutis verticis gyrata to indicate that peculiar fold and furrow formation seen in certain scalps, there have been one hundred and fifty-eight cases of the condition reported by eighty-seven authors. Jadassohn,2a year earlier, presented a case at the Ninth Congress of Dermatologists in Bern, and he is credited with being the first to bring this disease to the attention of dermatologists. Neuropsychiatrists, however, were acquainted with the condition at an earlier date. In 1893, McDowall,3for instance, described, with illustrations, a case in an epileptic microcephalic idiot, and Cowan4in the same year recorded two similarly abnormal scalps in idiots. A perusal of the earlier case reports discloses a great diversity of opinion regarding the etiology of this disease. Those authors who believe it to be due wholly or in part to inflammatory changes include von Veress,Keywords
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- Case of Abnormal Development of the ScalpJournal of Mental Science, 1893