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Neuroimaging of Non-vascular Congenital Skin Lesions Unrelated to Neurocutaneous Syndromes

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This chapter highlights cutaneous manifestations of congenital skin lesions that are non-vascular and not related to underlying neurocutaneous syndromes. These disease include aplasia cutis, branchial apparatus anomalies, epidermoid and dermoid cysts, cephaloceles, and spinal dysraphism.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Edwina Chang

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    David Frim

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Nicole A. Cipriani

  4. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Daniel Thomas Ginat

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Chang, E., Frim, D., Cipriani, N.A., Ginat, D.T. (2019). Neuroimaging of Non-vascular Congenital Skin Lesions Unrelated to Neurocutaneous Syndromes. In: Ginat, D. (eds) Neuroradiological Imaging of Skin Diseases and Related Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90931-8_2

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