Nevus, Pigmented, Congenital, Nevus, Pigmented, Nevus Sebaceus, Nevus, Epidermal - DermAtlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

nevus, pigmented, congenital nevus, pigmented nevus sebaceus nevus, epidermal

Body Site

scalp

Age

2 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

black yellow

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 2 year old boy was evaluated for a medium sized innocent appearing congenital pigmented nevus of the frontal scalp that was associated with prominent dark pigmented hairs. He also had a small 1 cm yellow hairless plaque on the mid scalp near the vertex typical of a nevus sebaceous. He was healthy and developing nor,ally.

Description

oval patch of darkly pigmented hair overlying a 6 cm X 4 cm pigmented nevus; 1 cm round yellowish hairless plaque

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7/7/2002 12:06:13

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