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...

Blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome is an uncommon disorder whereby patients possess cutaneous vascular malformations. Cranial malformations have been rarely reported in the literature. We report the first ever case of a patient with blue rubber bleb naevus syndrome (BRBNS), who was found to have a symptomatic Chiari malformation and prominent subcutaneous vascular malformations in communication w...

DEAR EDITOR, A 5-year-old girl was referred to us for evaluation of a pigmented birthmark, unchanged since birth, on her right cheek. There was no other previous medical history of note and no family history of relevant problems. Cutaneous examination revealed a pigmented keratinocytic epidermal naevus following fine Blaschko lines on the right cheek and neck (Fig. 1), and a solitary, 1-cm caf ...

© 2014 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1747 Journal Compilation © 2014 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Connective tissue naevi are circumscribed skin lesions characterised by an increase or structural alteration of either collagen or elastin fibres (1). Collagen naevi occur in a patchy form as a feature of tuberous sclerosis, whereas elastin-rich naevi are noted in Buschke-Ollendo...

Two cases of the basal cell naevus syndrome in association with an intracranial meningioma are described and the relationship discussed.