INTRODUCTION: Jehovah's witnesses are a religious group that refuses blood transfusion. CASE REPORT: The authors describe a case of a child who was a Jehovah's Witness and presented cicatricial alopecia in the scalp and cranial bone defect caused by a polytraumatism. The treatment was initiated with the introduction of tissue expander in the scalp and the use of erythropoietin and ferrous sulfate to increase the hemoglobin levels. The removal of the tissue expander and the correction of the cranial bone defect with an acrylic plate were done with success and without blood transfusion.
Jehovah's witnesses; Alopecia; Tissue expansion; Blood transfusion; Erythropoietin
