Bilateral symmetrical congenital giant Becker′s nevus: A rare presentation

Bilateral linear nevus comedonicus on eyelids - A rare presentation

Naevus Comedonicus (NC) is an uncommon developmental defect of the pilosebaceous apparatus (or rarely, may be of the sweat duct) characterised by group of slightly elevated papules which have central, dark, firm hyperkeratosis plug resembling a comedo [1]. It was first described by Kofmann in 1895 [2]. It commonly affects scalp, face, trunk and uncommonly the genitalia [3], palms and soles [4]....

Giant Palmar Lipoma: A Rare Presentation

Giant congenital melanocytic nevus*

Giant congenital melanocytic nevus is usually defined as a melanocytic lesion present at birth that will reach a diameter ≥ 20 cm in adulthood. Its incidence is estimated in <1:20,000 newborns. Despite its rarity, this lesion is important because it may associate with severe complications such as malignant melanoma, affect the central nervous system (neurocutaneous melanosis), and have major ps...

Congenital Becker’s nevus: report of a rare case

Introduction: Beckers’s nevus is a cutaneous hamartoma which usually appears as a circumscribed hyperpigmentation with hypertrichosis. It usually presents unilaterally and the usual site is shoulder and scapula. It is rarely congenital and it is usually noticed first during adolescence. Case Report: Herein, we report a congenital bilateral large Becker’s nevus with positive familial history ...

Cerebriform sebaceous nevus: a rare presentation.

A 13-year-old boy presented congenital, raised, yellowish colored plaques with fibroelastic consistency, which were velvety in appearance, alopecic, with clearly defined limits and sulci or well-marked meandering invaginations, a cerebriform appearance on the upper part of the right ear, accompanied by alopecia in the temporomandibular region-parietal. The lesion was asymptomatic. Histopatholog...