Open AccessPhacomatosis pigmentokeratotica or the Schimmelpenning‐Feuerstein‐Mims syndrome?
Author(s) -
Gamayunov Boris N.,
Korotkiy Nikolay G.,
Baranova Elena E.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.570
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , nevus , melanoma , cancer research
Key Clinical Message Cutaneous symptoms in some patients with clinical picture of Schimmelpenning‐Feuerstein‐Mims syndrome can include a speckled lentiginous nevus, also known as nevus spilus. Recent investigations show that somatic heterozygous HRAS mutations are present in the sebaceous and speckled lentiginous nevus tissues of patients with combination of two nevi.