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CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA [1 record]

Record 1 2001-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Skin
DEF

Hypertrophy and looseness of the skin, particularly of the scalp, with a tendency to hang in folds, resulting in an appearance suggestive of the convolutions of the cerebrum or the wrinkled pate of a bulldog.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil cutané
CONT

Pachydermie vorticellée occipitale (Cutis verticis gyrata). Cet état plicaturé rare et acquis du cuir chevelu peut présenter des circonvolutions cérébriformes impossibles à déplisser.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Piel
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