Preferred Label : Aplasia cutis congenita of limbs;
ICD-11 definition : Aplasia cutis congenita of limbs is a developmental anomalydescribed in a few cases
and characterized by congenital absence of skin in either the upper or lower limbs
or both that healed spontaneously leaving a clinical appearance similar to that of
the hypotrichotic scar of an old burn. There was no trunk or scalp involvement.;
ICD-11 synonym : Recessive aplasia cutis congenita of limbs;
Origin ID : 955205800;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
Aplasia cutis congenita of limbs is a developmental anomalydescribed in a few cases
and characterized by congenital absence of skin in either the upper or lower limbs
or both that healed spontaneously leaving a clinical appearance similar to that of
the hypotrichotic scar of an old burn. There was no trunk or scalp involvement.
