Abstract
Median raphe cyst clinically appears as a translucent, yellowish, tender nodule that can occur anywhere along the median raphe, located on the ventral side of the male genital area. At dermatoscopy it appears as a homogeneous, white/yellowish structure sometimes associated with a translucent tract (median raphe canal).
Aplasia cutis congenita of the scalp is usually a solitary lesion, located predominately in the vertex and appearing as a noninflammatory, well-demarcated, alopecic patch. Dermatoscopy shows a typical pattern characterized by the presence of a central area of scarring alopecia with no follicular openings and some telangiectatic vessels, and peripheral horizontally and radially oriented hair bulbs (starburst hair follicles pattern).
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Micali, G., Verzì, A.E., Lacarrubba, F. (2018). Developmental Defects. In: Micali, G., Lacarrubba, F., Stinco, G., Argenziano, G., Neri, I. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Dermatoscopy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71168-3_34
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