Multiple large pilomatricomas in the setting of diffuse epidermal nevi

Pediatr Dermatol. 2011 Jan-Feb;28(1):74-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01251.x. Epub 2010 Sep 1.

Abstract

Epidermal nevi are hamartomas arising from the embryonic ectoderm during early embryonic stages, resulting in cutaneous mosaicism. We describe a patient with diffuse epidermal nevi and multiple large pilomatricomas arising near or within epidermal nevi.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Mosaicism
  • Nevus / diagnosis*
  • Nevus, Sebaceous of Jadassohn / diagnosis
  • Pilomatrixoma / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*