A Rare Entity of Giant Epidermal Exophytic Naevus of Hemifacial Region

The term nevi constitute a hamartomatous growth of either skin or mucosa that is generally found at birth or shortly after birth. An epidermal nevus consisting chiefly of sebaceous glands is called as nevus sebaceous. Typically this entity is seen as a solitary bald patch over the scalp at birth. We...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2015-10, Vol.9 (10), p.ZD05-ZD07
Hauptverfasser: Karpe, Tanveer, Kokkula, Naveen, Abidullah, Mohammed, Gundamaraju, Kiran, Arshad, Fazil
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Zusammenfassung:The term nevi constitute a hamartomatous growth of either skin or mucosa that is generally found at birth or shortly after birth. An epidermal nevus consisting chiefly of sebaceous glands is called as nevus sebaceous. Typically this entity is seen as a solitary bald patch over the scalp at birth. We report a case of exophytic lesion following blaschko's lines at birth. We find this case as peculiar because of the multiplicity of lesions, their pattern of distribution, as well as their atypical morphology.
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2015/13934.6593