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ILVEN‐like Persistent Psoriasiform Dermatitis Confined to a Congenital Becker Nevus
Author(s) -
ABBASI NAHEED,
FANGMAN WILLIAM L.,
ROSENMAN KARLA S.,
SCHAFFER JULIE V.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00690.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , nevus , lesion , family history , pathology , melanoma , surgery , cancer research
A 10‐year‐old boy presented with a 5‐year history of an intractably pruritic, recalcitrant psoriasiform plaque in a broad vertical band on the left buttock, with histologic as well as clinical features suggestive of an inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus. This lesion was completely superimposed upon a congenital Becker nevus. We postulate that the restricted distribution and persistence of the psoriasiform plaque reflected an inflammatory response limited to the aberrant clone of cells composing the Becker nevus, a manifestation of cutaneous mosaicism that could be characterized as an “inflammatory Becker nevus.”