NNAP can help neonatal units to plan improvement

Of the 750,000 babies born each year in England, Scotland and Wales, nearly 105,000 receive specialist neonatal care. The National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) supports professionals, families and commissioners in their efforts to evolve and improve the care provided to these babies.

Sam Oddie
Consultant Neonatologist and Clinical Lead for the National Neonatal Audit Programme
nnap@rcpch.ac.uk

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Keywords

aplasia cutis congenita; skin disorder; congenital; placental infarct; fetus papyraceus

Key points

Extensive ACC lesions on the trunk and limbs are rare.
ACC can be associated with placental infarcts or the in utero death of a twin fetus, as in the case presented here.
Obstetric history should review maternal medications/infections during pregnancy, determine an initial multiple pregnancy with death of a co-twin and investigate any placental anomalies.
Despite their large size, truncal and limb ACC lesions usually resolve within the first few months of life.

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