Aplasia cutis congenita: a case report

Aplasia cutis congenita is the congenital absence of skin most commonly affecting the scalp. no definite etiology is available but multiple causes such as intrauterine infection, fetal exposure to cocaine, heroin, alcohol or antithyroid drugs, vascular disruption, genetic causes, syndromes and teratogens have been suggested. we present an infant with extensive aplasia cutis of the trunk and thigh. he was the third child of his parents while the outcome of the first and the second pregnancy was intrauterine death; the dead fetuses however had no skin anomaly.