LOCALIZED CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE SKIN

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Among the rare types of congenital abnormalities of the skin is the actual absence of the skin at birth. This abnormality may include various degrees of involvement, such as just the skin itself, the skin plus subcutaneous tissue, and, finally, even muscle. The commonest site is reported to be the vertex of the head.1 Extensive scarring may follow. The cause is unknown, but it is not believed that adhesions between the body surface and the amnion are responsible. It is of interest, then, to record the observations on one such case observed shortly after birth and then seven years later. The child, a white infant boy, was seen shortly after birth, in 1945, at which time two large raw, denuded areas were present on the sides of the chest and the upper abdomen. There was no evidence of trauma or forceps delivery nor any report of abnormality of the

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