A Case of Epidermal Nevus Showing Unusual Skin Manifastation

Keimyung Medical Journal 1987;6(2):392-395.

비전형적 피부양상을 보인 표피모반의 1례

김용대; 김병천; 이규석; 송준영; 이동훈

Abstract

Epidermal nevus is a congenital malformation consisting of wartlike and scaling overgrowth of the epidermis without nevus cell and described by a great terms which denote some distinctive manifestation of the nevus. The authers report a case of verrucous epidermal nevus in a 25-year-old female who had skin colored verrucous gyrate mass on the Rt side of scalp and multiple scattered brownish colored plagues on the Rt side of trunk at birth. They had increased in size subsequently & become more deeply pigmented and verrucouse. At the age of 2; the lesion of scalp has become cerebriform appearance. Her growth development and performance within normal range and any abnormalities of the bones & central nervus system were not found. The authors made diagnosis of verrucous epidermal nevus from characteristic clinical and histopathological finding's. Related literature was briefly reviewed for the discussion.