Different Clinical Phenotypes in Adams-Oliver Syndrome Conservative Approach to Aplasia Cutis: A Report of Two Cases
- 1 Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 2 Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 3 Dermatology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 4 Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 5 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
- 6 Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 7 Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 8 Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 9 Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 10 Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- 11 Section of Neonatal Endocrinology and Dysmorphology, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Abstract
Adams-Oliver Syndrome (AOS) is a rare genetic disease characterized by combination of aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) and terminal transverse limb defects (TTLD), often accompanied by defects in scalp and skull ossification. Different clinical phenotypes may be related to variable severity both of aplasia cutis and TTLD, and of minor clinical features as cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC), congenital cardiac defect and vascular anomalies. The treatment is multidisciplinary: dermatologic, orthopedic and surgical consult should be required. It still remains unclear how to treat patients with a large skin defect that can‘t be closed primarly and may require both surgical and conservative management. We report two cases of AOS with typical limb defects and an area of aplasia cutis over vertex of the scalp managed conservatively with two different dermatologic devices.
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