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Hair Follicle Nevus Located on the Chin of an Infant: Case Report and Review of Literature
Author(s) -
Larson Krista N.,
O'Shea Patrick,
Zedek Daniel C.,
Morrell Dean S.
Publication year - 2016
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.12825
Subject(s) - chin , medicine , hair follicle , lesion , dermatology , dental follicle , anatomy , biopsy , nevus , pathology , melanoma , mesenchymal stem cell , cancer research
Hair follicle nevi are rare, benign, congenital hamartomas that usually occur in the distribution of the first brachial arch. Histopathologically, the distinction between hair follicle nevus, trichofolliculoma, and accessory tragus has recently come into question, and it may be that they are all on a spectrum of the same condition. We report the case of a 7‐day‐old boy who presented with a “tag”‐like lesion on his midline chin that had been present since birth. Biopsy of the lesion proved it to be a hair follicle nevus.