Unusual giant comedo naevus

• Published in: Clinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 186 - 188
• Main Authors: FLETCHER, C. L, ACLAND, K. M, POWLES, A. V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford BSL Blackwell Science Ltd 01.05.1999; Blackwell; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Dermatology; Female; Humans; Keratolytic Agents - therapeutic use; Medical sciences; Nevus - drug therapy; Nevus - etiology; Nevus - pathology; Skin Diseases - drug therapy; Skin Diseases - etiology; Skin Diseases - pathology; Tretinoin - therapeutic use; Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions; Case study; Human; Negroid; Skin disease; Comedo nevus

Comedo naevi are usually well circumscribed, and although extensive cases have been reported individual lesions crossing the midline are rare. Associated neurological, skeletal and ophthalmological abnormalities are also recognized. thus, the patient now reported is unusual in that she had an extens...