Faun tail nevus

Faun tail nevus is a posterior midline cutaneous lesion of importance to dermatologists as it could be a cutaneous marker for its underlying spine and spinal cord anomaly. We report a 13-year-old girl with excessive hair growth over the lumbosacral region since birth. There was associated spinal ano...

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Autores principales: Yamini, M., Sridevi, K. S., Babu, N. Prasanna, Chetty, Nanjappa G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130210
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.79865
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author Yamini, M.
Sridevi, K. S.
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Chetty, Nanjappa G.
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description Faun tail nevus is a posterior midline cutaneous lesion of importance to dermatologists as it could be a cutaneous marker for its underlying spine and spinal cord anomaly. We report a 13-year-old girl with excessive hair growth over the lumbosacral region since birth. There was associated spinal anomaly with no neurological manifestation affecting the lower spinal cord. The diagnosis was made on clinical basis. The patient reported for cosmetic disability. This case is reported for its clinical importance.
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spelling pubmed-34817912012-11-05 Faun tail nevus Yamini, M. Sridevi, K. S. Babu, N. Prasanna Chetty, Nanjappa G. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Faun tail nevus is a posterior midline cutaneous lesion of importance to dermatologists as it could be a cutaneous marker for its underlying spine and spinal cord anomaly. We report a 13-year-old girl with excessive hair growth over the lumbosacral region since birth. There was associated spinal anomaly with no neurological manifestation affecting the lower spinal cord. The diagnosis was made on clinical basis. The patient reported for cosmetic disability. This case is reported for its clinical importance. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3481791/ /pubmed/23130210 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.79865 Text en © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481791/
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