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Papular Epidermal Nevus with “Skyline” Basal Cell Layer (PENS) Following a Blaschko Linear Pattern
Author(s) -
Faure Elisa,
Tadini Gianluca,
Brena Michela,
Cassulini Lucia Restano
Publication year - 2013
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/pde.12141
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , skyline , pathology , nevus , melanoma , cancer research , computer science , data mining
Papular epidermal nevus with “skyline” basal cell layer ( PENS ), a variant of epidermal nevi, has recently been described as a small, round or polygonal papule, visible at birth or shortly thereafter, with characteristic histopathologic features. It has been considered a separate entity from keratinocytic nevi because no lesion observed thus far has followed any of the known archetypical mosaic patterns. Here we describe for the first time a PENS lesion following a linear distribution pattern along Blaschko's lines.