Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
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A tense yellow vesicle was noted on the back parietal scalp of a female newborn. This proved to be a bullous variant of aplasia cutis congenita. Only 16 cases of this apparently rare disorder have been previously reported. ⋯ Bullous aplasia cutis congenita is a rare clinical subtype of aplasia cutis congenita with distinctive histologic findings. We present a new case, and summarize the clinical and histologic findings of the 16 cases previously reported in the English-language literature. Bullous or membranous aplasia cutis congenita may represent a form fruste of a neural tube defect.
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J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. · May 2003
Modified ABC-point list of dermoscopy: A simplified and highly accurate dermoscopic algorithm for the diagnosis of cutaneous melanocytic lesions.
The use of dermoscopy (epiluminescence microscopy, surface microscopy, dermatoscopy) improves clinical diagnostic sensitivity by 10% to 27%, particularly achieved by different algorithms or scores. ⋯ The ABC-point list is simpler than the already established algorithms. Despite its simplicity, a high sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy was achieved. This simplified approach in dermoscopic diagnostics may contribute to further spread and enable to learn and use this method more easily.