Nevus Comedonicus on Scalp: An Unusual Presentation

Nevus comedonicus (NC) is a rare developmental anomaly of follicular infundibulum plugged with keratinous material that resembles comedo-like lesions. Frequently affected sites are face, neck, trunk, and upper arm. Few cases have been described on palms, soles, scalp, and genitalia. We hereby report...

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Autores principales: Sahu, Priyadarshini, Aggrawal, Kamal, Bansal, Chetna, Jain, VK
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440859
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_71_17
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author Sahu, Priyadarshini
Aggrawal, Kamal
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Jain, VK
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description Nevus comedonicus (NC) is a rare developmental anomaly of follicular infundibulum plugged with keratinous material that resembles comedo-like lesions. Frequently affected sites are face, neck, trunk, and upper arm. Few cases have been described on palms, soles, scalp, and genitalia. We hereby report a rare case of NC on scalp in a 14-year-old boy.
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spelling pubmed-58038532018-02-13 Nevus Comedonicus on Scalp: An Unusual Presentation Sahu, Priyadarshini Aggrawal, Kamal Bansal, Chetna Jain, VK Int J Trichology Case Report Nevus comedonicus (NC) is a rare developmental anomaly of follicular infundibulum plugged with keratinous material that resembles comedo-like lesions. Frequently affected sites are face, neck, trunk, and upper arm. Few cases have been described on palms, soles, scalp, and genitalia. We hereby report a rare case of NC on scalp in a 14-year-old boy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5803853/ /pubmed/29440859 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_71_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 International Journal of Trichology 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 ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Nevus Comedonicus on Scalp: An Unusual Presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5803853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29440859
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_71_17
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