From: The Chart [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:37 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [New post] Rare disease makes scalp look like brain elandau posted: "This is not a photo of a brain bulging out of someone's head. Doctors in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that they diagnosed a case of a rare disease called cutis verticus gyrata, which causes the folds in the scalp to form -- specifically" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on The Chart Image removed by sender. <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/author/elandau/> Image removed by sender. <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/19/rare-disease-makes-scalp-look-like-brain/> Rare disease makes scalp look like brain by <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/author/elandau/> elandau This is not a photo of a brain bulging out of someone's head. Doctors in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that they diagnosed a case of a rare disease called cutis verticus gyrata, which causes the folds in the scalp to form -- specifically, "ridges and furrows resembling the brain's surface," write Dr. Karen Regina Rosso Schons and Andre Avelino Costa Beber of Hospital Universitario de Santa Maria in Brazil. The 21-year-old patient with this condition didn't display symptoms of neurological or psychiatric conditions, but he did have intellectual or learning impairment. Doctors did not attempt an intervention because "the patient had no associated disorders and the condition did not bother him cosmetically." After a year, the patient was the same, according to the report. <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/author/elandau/> elandau | October 19, 2012 at 12:37 | Tags: <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/?tag=elizabeth-landau-cnn-com-health-writerproducer> Elizabeth Landau - CNN.com Health Writer/Producer | Categories: <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/?cat=16283> Brain, <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/?cat=18397> Conditions, <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/?cat=90994208> Mental Health | URL: <http://wp.me/pcFQ9-bog> http://wp.me/pcFQ9-bog <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/19/rare-disease-makes-scalp-look-like-brain/#respond> Comment <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/19/rare-disease-makes-scalp-look-like-brain/#comments> See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=32b1602e544f35e797961985aa0dd87b&email=i.weiss%40sympatico.ca> Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: <http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/19/rare-disease-makes-scalp-look-like-brain/> http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/19/rare-disease-makes-scalp-look-like-brain/ <http://wordpress.com> Thanks for flying with Image removed by sender.WordPress.com Image removed by sender. ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy
