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	A case of cutis verticis gyrata, induced by misuse of anabolic substances?
		Cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) is a descriptive term used for a rare condition of the scalp manifesting as convoluted folds and furrows in a cerebriform pattern, which are caused by thickening of the skin.
		CVG may be categorized as primary essential, primary nonessential, and secondary.
		The aetiology of primary essential CVG is still unknown, although genetic and endocrinological factors are suspected to be of pathogenetic relevance.
	www.ergogenics.org /233.html (648 words)

	Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly)
		The term cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) describes the hypertrophy and folding of skin of scalp to present a gyrate or a cerebriform appearance.
		CVG may also develop at a later age in patients with Lennox-Gastart syndrome, characterized by retardation and slow irregular space and wave complexes on electroencephalograph.
		Cutis verticis gyrata as a marker of internal malignancy.
	www.bioline.org.br /request?jp02017 (527 words)

	eMedicine - Cutis Verticis Gyrata : Article Excerpt by Malgorzata D Skibinska
		Cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) is a descriptive term for a condition of the scalp manifesting as convoluted folds and furrows formed from thickened skin of the scalp resembling cerebriform pattern.
		Lymphedema is a postulated cause of CVG in Turner syndrome.
		In primary CVG, a male-to-female ratio of 5:1 or 6:1 is observed.
	www.emedicine.com /derm/byname/Cutis-Verticis-Gyrata.htm (615 words)

	"Klingon Head" American Family Physician - Find Articles
		Cutis verticis gyrata is a descriptive diagnosis for an abnormal-appearing overgrowth of the scalp in relation to the skull.
		Most often, patients with cutis verticis gyrata are of normal intelligence, although its preponderance is greater in patients with intellectual disabilities.
		Cutis verticis gyrata as a marker of internal malignancy.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3225/is_7_72/ai_n15798283 (570 words)

	Cutis verticis gyrata
		Cutis verticis gyrata is a term used to describe the appearance of deep, linear skin folds in the scalp.
		Cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) is a term that refers to a pattern of redundant skin on the scalp that exhibits deep furrows and convolutions [1].
		Primary CVG occurs predominantly in men and has often been associated with mental retardation or neuropsychiatric disease, such as seizures and schizophrenia [1, 2].
	dermatology.cdlib.org /94/NYU/Nov2002/9.html (563 words)

	Cutis Verticis Gyrata
		Cutis verticis gyrata, hypoplastic thyroid disease and mental retardation.
		Cutis Verticis Gyrata - Cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) is a descriptive term for a condition of the scalp manifesting as convoluted folds and furrows...
		Cutis verticis gyrata is a superficial condition usually associated with the scalp with sufferers showing some sort of visible folds, ridges or
	www.medicality.org.uk /diseases/cutis-verticis-gyrata.php (206 words)

	European Hair Research Society - Abstract
		CVG is an unusual condition which typically occurs on the scalp and is characterized by ridges and furrows which cannot be flattened by traction or pressure.
		Primary CVG may exist as a solitary finding or may be associated with mental retardation, epilepsy and other brain or ophthalmologic abnormalities.
		Secondary CVG is largely associated with other disorders of the scalp, such as tumors, neurofibromas, cerebriform intradermal nevi and inflammatory conditions.
	www.ehrs.org /conferenceabstracts/2004berlin/researchabstracts/P1-9-Park.htm (404 words)

	Indian Pediatrics - Editorial
		We are reporting a case of GCMN in a neonate because of the unusually large extent of the lesion, its presentation over the scalp as cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) and its association with Nevus of Ota in the mother.
		The term ‘CVG’ describes the hypertrophy and folding of the skin of the scalp to present a gyrate or cerebriform appearance.
		In a series of 85 cases of diseases of scalp in the form of CVG, 24 cases (21%) were secondary to neoplasms, all of which were nevi (ectodermal or mesodermal in origin).
	www.indianpediatrics.net /may2001/may-553-556.htm (877 words)

	Cutis verticis gyrata
		Cutis verticis gyrata is a giant naevus of the scalp characterized by hypertrophy and thickening of the skin of the scalp forming burrows with deep and cerebriform cutaneous folds.
		Primitive cutis verticis gyrata involving the scalp only is genetically determined and usually associated with severe mental retardation.
		It must not be confused with plicae pachydermoperiostosis that affects the face and extremities (q.v.) and may involve the scalp.
	www.orpha.net /static/GB/cutis_verticis_gyrata.html (2211 words)

	eMedicine - Cutis Verticis Gyrata : Article by Malgorzata D Skibinska
		Educate patients with CVG that proper hygiene of the scalp is essential to avoid the accumulation of secretion in the furrows.
		Akesson Ho. Cutis verticis gyrata and mental deficiency in Sweden.
		Wyatt EH. Cutis verticis gyrata. Clin Exp Dermatol. Jul 1987;12(4):293. [Medline].
	www.emedicine.com /derm/topic694.htm (3927 words)

	Cutis verticis gyrata. DermNet NZ
		Cutis verticis gyrata (CVG) describes a scalp condition with convoluted folds and deep furrows that resemble the surface of the brain.
		The incidence of CVG may be reported as lower in women because longer hair may camouflage the condition.
		CVG is classified according to the underlying cause as primary essential, primary non essential and secondary.
	www.dermnet.org.nz /dermal-infiltrative/cutis-verticis-gyrata.html (388 words)

	Scalp - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The scalp is the skin on the head from which head hair grows.
		It is richly supplied with blood vessels and can be subject to such conditions as dandruff and cutis verticis gyrata.
		It also means the illegal selling of tickets for an event in the fl market.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Scalp (195 words)

	Answer C005
		Patients with the complete syndrome have pachydermia, periostitis and cutis verticis gyrata; those with the the incomplete form exhibit sparing of the scalp; and the forme fruste is manifested by pachydermia and minimal or absent periostitis.
		Cutis verticis gyrata (undulating grooved and thickened scalp) may become apparent during adolescence.
		Rosenfeld-Kloepfer syndrome, a variant of PDP, is characterized by enlargement of the mandible and/or the maxilla; large hands, feet, nose, lips, and tongue; prominence of the upper part of the forehead; cutis verticis gyrata; and corneal leukoma.
	www.brts.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /answer_c005.htm (1979 words)

	Cutis verticis gyrata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cutis verticis gyrata is a superficial condition usually associated with the scalp with sufferers showing some sort of visible folds, ridges or creases on the surface of the scalp.
		Cutis verticis gyrata - Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
		This page was last modified 23:19, 11 August 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cutis_verticis_gyrata (80 words)

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		Objetivo: relatar um caso raro de uma criança portadora da forma primária essencial de Cutis verticis gyrata.Descrição: menino de 9 anos, apresenta importante hipertrofia da pele do couro cabeludo, com dobras que se assemelham aos giros cerebrais.
		Trata-se do único relato na literatura de uma criança com esta forma de Cutis verticis gyrata.
		Cutis verticis gyrata ; dermatopatias ; dermatose do couro cabeludo
	www.doaj.org /doaj?func=abstract&id=12135&recNo=16&toc=1 (95 words)

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		McDowall (1893) first described this association which may not be rare since Akesson (1964) found 47 cases in a survey of institutionalized mental defectives in Sweden.
		(1990) found primary CVG in 4.5% of 494 institutionalized psychiatric patients (21 males and 1 female).
		Akesson, H. Cutis verticis gyrata and mental deficiency in Sweden.
	srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000 /srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[omim-id:219300] (235 words)

	Cutis Verticis Gyrata Reconstructive Surgery and helpful info today (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cutis Verticis Gyrata Reconstructive IJDVL is an reconstructive surgery picture reconstructive surgery.
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	beautythingz.info /.../Cutis-Verticis-Gyrata-Reconstructive-Surgery.htm (306 words)

	Cutis verticis gyrata -
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		A disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person.
		The broader body of knowledge about diseases and their treatments is medicine.
	www.medicalgeo.com /Med-Diseases-Ci---Cy/Cutis-verticis-gyrata.html (121 words)

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		Akesson (1965) described 5 males in 3 sibships of 2 generations who may have had this combination of manifestations.
		The author pointed out that, although X-linked inheritance seemed likely, most other cases of cutis verticis gyrata and mental retardation seem to have autosomal inheritance.
		Akesson, H. Cutis verticis gyrata, thyroaplasia and mental deficiency.
	srs.embl-heidelberg.de:8000 /srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[omim-id:304200] (82 words)

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		The skin of the hands is unusually soft and has an abnormal dermal ridge pattern, referred to as 'split ridges,' which permits identification of the disorder in children of preclinical age.
		A possible difference from the usual cutis verticis gyrata is a longitudinal orientation of the skin folds rather than transverse orientation.
		Rosenthal, J. W.; Kloepfer, H. An acromegaloid, cutis verticis gyrata, corneal leukoma syndrome.
	zeta.embl-heidelberg.de:8000 /srs5bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[omim-id:102100] (196 words)

	cutis verticis gyrata definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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	Connective Tissue Problems
		Cutis verticis gyrata is an unusual furrowing of the scalp as a result of thickening of parts of the skin.
		Some males with fragile X have this rare condition.
		"Prevalence of primary cutis verticis gyrata in a psychiatric population: association with chromosomal fragile sites." ACTA Dermato-Venereologica (Oslo) 70(6): 483-486.
	www.fragilex.org /html/connective.htm (359 words)

	Cutis verticis gyrata
		Die Cutis verticis gyrata ist ein riesiger Naevus der Schädeldecke, auf der die Haut hypertrophiert und verdickt ist und tiefe hirnwindungsartige Furchen bildet.
		Die einfache Form, bei der nur die Schädeldecke betroffen ist, ist genetisch determiniert und meist mit schwerer geistiger Retardierung assoziiert.
		Sie darf nicht mit den Hautfalten bei Pachydermoperiostose verwechselt werden, die nicht nur Gesicht und Gliedmaßen befällt, sondern manchmal auch den Skalp.
	www.orpha.net /static/DE/cutis_verticis_gyrata.html (2145 words)

	Connective Tissue Problems - Fragilex.org
		Cutis verticis gyrata is an unusual furrowing of the scalp as a result of thickening of parts of the skin.
		Some males with fragile X have this rare condition.
		"Prevalence of primary cutis verticis gyrata in a psychiatric population: association with chromosomal fragile sites." ACTA Dermato-Venereologica (Oslo) 70(6): 483-486.
	www.nfxf.org /html/connective.htm (367 words)

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		Giant Primary Cutis Verticis Gyrata Successfully Treated with Surgical Excision and Tissue Expansion
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	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/bsc/dsu/2006/00000032/00000005/art00024?token=004e14a85bdf332b25757d5c4f6d4e227a677e442f20675d36766c2553495b2f7c3f51e9886f90 (121 words)

	Ask the Barber, Daniel Rouah - cutis verticis gyrata (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When you mention that your head reveals a lumpy swirly pattern it's hard to imagine, the best advice I can offer is to see your doctor.
		I did get a bit of information about it, it is called cutis verticis gyrata.
		It is very rare and that is why it was so hard to find out info about it.
	www.moderngent.com /beta/askthebarber_m.php (209 words)

	Catalog of Clinical Images (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cutis Verticis Gyrata: Idiopathic development of excess folds and furrows within the skin of the head.
		Associated with mental retardation, acromegaly, and a number of other conditions.
		For comments or other information contact: Charlie Goldberg, M.D. Copyright ©2005, The Regents of the University of California.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /clinicalimg/skin-cutis-verticis-gyrata.html (45 words)

	Skin Manifestations of Systemic Disease - Patient UK
		Cutaneous changes in acromegaly can include skin puffiness, oily skin with large pores,
		Skin creases in the head area are deeper than normal (cutis verticis gyrata or 'Klingon Head').
		The skin is dry, scaly and puffy and the nails become brittle.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/40001006 (1215 words)

	DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image,cutis verticis gyrata,pachydermoperiostosis,leonine facies
		Click on the IMAGE to see an enlargement.
		Note the accentuation of the skin lines on the face giving a leonine facies.
		Thickening of the scalp resulted in cutis verticis gyrata.
	dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu /derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=-1084433965 (196 words)

	Suggested links for Akesson syndrome Diseases Database (Site not responding. Last check: )
		OMIM - CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA, THYROID APLASIA, AND MENTAL RETARDATION
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		Cutis verticis gyrata, thyroid aplasia, and mental retardation
	www.diseasesdatabase.com /links1.asp?glngUserChoice=31912 (115 words)

	Spot the diagnosis. Primary cutis verticis gyrata.,Kraur T, : J Postgrad Med
		Primary cutis verticis gyrata.,Kraur T, : J Postgrad Med
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		Official Publication of the Staff Society of the Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
	www.jpgmonline.com /article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2002;volume=48;issue=1;spage=41;epage=45;aulast=Kraur;type=0 (69 words)

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