Abdominal aplasia cutis congenita: case report and review of the literature

N A C Verhelle; O Heymans; J P Deleuze; G Fabre; J J Vranckx; B Van den hof

doi:10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.10.021

Abdominal aplasia cutis congenita: case report and review of the literature

J Pediatr Surg. 2004 Feb;39(2):237-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.10.021.

Authors

N A C Verhelle¹, O Heymans, J P Deleuze, G Fabre, J J Vranckx, B Van den hof

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital KUL, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 14966752
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2003.10.021

Abstract

A case of bilateral abdominal aplasia cutis congenita without skull defect is reported and was treated successfully by a combination of allografts and growth factors delivered by allogenic cultured keratinocytes.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Wall / abnormalities
Cytokines / metabolism
Ectodermal Dysplasia / pathology
Ectodermal Dysplasia / surgery*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Keratinocytes / metabolism
Keratinocytes / transplantation*
Male
Skin Transplantation*
Transplantation, Homologous*

Substances

Cytokines