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Image Number #4707 (Cradle cap)

Diagnosis: Cradle cap

Description: Thick yellow crust.

Morphology: Crusts

Site: Scalp

Sex: F

Age: 1

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany

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Differential Diagnosis

History:

 Thick, dirty yellow crust on the frontal region of the scalp. Cradle cap usually disappears spontaneously within 6 months of birth, however it may persist up to the end of first life as in the presented case.

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