A rare case series of congenital absence of skin – Aplasia cutis congenita

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• Soundarya S
• Nikita Narayanan
• Jayakar Thomas

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Aplasia cutis congentia is a rare heterogenous group of disorder with focal absence of the skin and its underlying structures with a varying depth ranging from the epidermis to even subcutis, bone or even dura. Depending upon the onset & duration of insult during pregnancy it can present as a open wound that needs prompt treatment or a healed scar. This has a rare occurrence with upto 500 cases reported in literature. In this article, we report a rare case series of aplasia cutis congenita and review of literature.