The sebaceous nevus as part of the Schimmelpenning–Feuerstein–Mims Syndrome – an obvious phacomatosis first documented in 1927

• Published in: Journal of cutaneous pathology Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 470 - 472
• Main Authors: Warnke, P. H., Hauschild, A., Schimmelpenning, G. W., Terheyden, H., Sherry, E., Springer, I. N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Munksgaard International Publishers 01.08.2003; Blackwell
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Child; Dermatology; Female; Hamartoma - history; Hamartoma - pathology; History, 20th Century; Humans; Medical sciences; Neurocutaneous Syndromes - history; Neurocutaneous Syndromes - pathology; Skin Diseases, Genetic - history; Skin Diseases, Genetic - pathology; Syndrome; Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions; Case study; Human; Skin disease; Phacomatosis; Sebaceous nevus; Benign neoplasm; Linear sebaceous nevus syndrome
• ISSN: 0303-6987; 1600-0560
• DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0560.2003.00091.x

The sebaceous nevus is a common nevus and can be easily diagnosed because of its typical rough fatty surface due to its amount of sebaceous glands. In some rare cases, the sebaceous nevus is part of a genetic disorder, the Schimmelpenning–Feuerstein–Mims (SFM) syndrome. If the SFM syndrome is suspected, further investigation is necessary, because multiple organ involvement is highly likely. We suggest that diagnosis of the SFM syndrome is simple, considering the special linear arrangement of sebaceous nevi in cases of SFM syndrome.