Cutis verticis gyrata
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Summary
Cutis verticis gyrata is a giant naevus of the scalp characterized by hypertrophy and thickening of the skin of the scalp forming burrows with deep and cerebriform cutaneous folds. Primitive cutis verticis gyrata involving the scalp only is genetically determined and usually associated with severe mental retardation. It must not be confused with plicae pachydermoperiostosis that affects the face and extremities (q.v.) and may involve the scalp. *Author: P. Reygagne, M.D. (May 2002)*
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