Vijayashankar M R
Gayathri Hospital, Vijayanagara, Bangalore.
Dermatol Online J. 2005 Dec 1;11(3):28.
Aplasia cutis congenita is a rare anomaly presenting with absence of skin. The most common site is the scalp. No definite etiology is available. Heredity is proposed with not much evidence. We present an instance with ACC occurring in both mother and son, suggesting a hereditary etiology.