White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report

White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with a benign course and unknown pathogenesis. It is clinically characterized by the appearance of firm, persistent, usually asymptomatic, non-follicular papules located on the neck. We present the case of a 72-year-old patient who presented prur...

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Autores principales: Rios-Gomez, Mariana, Ramos-Garibay, Jose A, Perez-Santana, Martha E, Rostro-Hernandez, Mario A, Aguilera-Martinez, Veronica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9252444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35800202
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25661
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author Rios-Gomez, Mariana
Ramos-Garibay, Jose A
Perez-Santana, Martha E
Rostro-Hernandez, Mario A
Aguilera-Martinez, Veronica
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description White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with a benign course and unknown pathogenesis. It is clinically characterized by the appearance of firm, persistent, usually asymptomatic, non-follicular papules located on the neck. We present the case of a 72-year-old patient who presented pruritic lesions on the neck whose biopsy was compatible with this entity.
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spelling pubmed-92524442022-07-06 White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report Rios-Gomez, Mariana Ramos-Garibay, Jose A Perez-Santana, Martha E Rostro-Hernandez, Mario A Aguilera-Martinez, Veronica Cureus Dermatology White fibrous papulosis of the neck is a rare entity, with a benign course and unknown pathogenesis. It is clinically characterized by the appearance of firm, persistent, usually asymptomatic, non-follicular papules located on the neck. We present the case of a 72-year-old patient who presented pruritic lesions on the neck whose biopsy was compatible with this entity. Cureus 2022-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9252444/ /pubmed/35800202 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25661 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rios-Gomez et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Dermatology
Rios-Gomez, Mariana
Ramos-Garibay, Jose A
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White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report
title White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report
title_full White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report
title_fullStr White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report
title_short White Fibrous Papulosis of the Neck: A Case Report
title_sort white fibrous papulosis of the neck: a case report
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9252444/
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