On Naevus

Becker's naevus associated with connective tissue naevus.

Sir, Becker's naevus or Becker's melanosis is a relatively common disorder, which appears as a hyperpigmented, hypertrichotic patch located mainly on the trunk (1). Becker's naevus has been associated with various soft tissue and bony structural anomalies, such as hypoplasia of the ipsilateral breast, pectoralis major muscle, leg, arm and contralateral breast, spina bi®da, and pectus carinatum ...

Mucinous Naevus: A Rare Variant of Connective Tissue Naevus

Mucinous naevus (MN) is a type of benign hamartomatous cutaneous mucinoses characterized by deposition of excessive amounts of mucin in the superficial dermis in a diffuse pattern with absence of collagen and elastic fibres in the mucinous areas. It may be associated with features of connective tissue naevus of proteoglycan type [1]. There is paucity of literature regarding this interesting ent...

Naevus of Ota.

THE naevus of Ota is characterized by benign mesodermal melanosis of the skin of the face with pigmentation of the eye and its adnexa. It is probably more familiar to the dermatologists. Pusey (1916) was the first to describe the association of scleral and facial pigmentation in a young Chinese student. Later, in Japan, Ota and Tanino (1939) reported, under the name of naevus fusco-caeruleus ma...

Dysplastic melanocytic naevus syndrome.

Naevus striatus unguis.

Three patients presented with an asymptomatic longitudinal pigmented band in a nail. A junctional melanocytic naevus in the nail matrix was suspected; this was confirmed by histological examination in each case. Differential diagnosis and management are discussed, together with a review of the literature. Local excision is considered to be the treatment of choice.