Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis associated with trichofolliculoma: An uncommon duet of rare pathologies | Zendy

HarveenKaur Gulati | Zendy; Arushi Agarwal | Zendy; Jayanta Kumar Das | Zendy

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Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis associated with trichofolliculoma: An uncommon duet of rare pathologies

Author(s) -

HarveenKaur Gulati,

Arushi Agarwal,

Jayanta Kumar Das

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of trichology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 0974-9241

pISSN - 0974-7753

DOI - 10.4103/ijt.ijt_21_20

Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , lesion , nevus , skin lesion , pathology , melanoma , cancer research

Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis (NLCS) and trichofolliculoma (TF) are both rare cutaneous hamartomatous lesions. However, the coexistence of NLCS and TF as a single lesion has been reported only in two other cases, that too in middle-aged individuals. We report the first case of NLCS associated with TF in pediatric age group and also, to the best of our knowledge, the first case reported from India.

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