CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA

Course overview

CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA (CVG), ALSO KNOWN BY THE NAME PAQUIDERMIA VERTICIS GYRATA, CUTIS VERTICIS PLICATA, AND “BULLDOG” SCALP SYNDROME, IS A RARE BENIGN CUTANEOUS DISORDER THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY CONVOLUTED FOLDS AND DEEP FURROWS OF THE SCALP THAT MIMIC CEREBRAL SULCI AND GYRI. PRIMARY NON-ESSENTIAL CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROPSYCHIATRIC AND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES. THIS FORM NOW HAS THE NAME CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA-INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (CVG-ID). SECONDARY AND PRIMARY NON-ESSENTIAL CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA HAVE ASSOCIATED ABNORMALITIES, WHILE PRIMARY ESSENTIAL CVG HAS NO ASSOCIATIONS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, PRESENTATION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CUTIS VERTICIS GYRATA AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING, DIAGNOSING, AND MANAGING THE CONDITION.