Biomaterial Database

Nevus lipomatosus cutaneus superficialis. 2003

Joshua E Lane, and Edward Clark, and Tomasz Marzec

Section of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. joshua.lane@lycos.com

Nevus lipomatosus cutaneus superficialis (NLCS) is a rare developmental anomaly characterized by isolated ectopic mature adipose tissue in the dermis. We describe a child with a NLCS present from birth that was growing in size. The lesion was removed by simple excision and has not recurred.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008068	Lipomatosis	A disorder characterized by the accumulation of encapsulated or unencapsulated tumor-like fatty tissue resembling LIPOMA.	Lipomatoses
D009506	Nevus	A circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes and therefore presumed to be of hereditary origin.	Mole, Skin,Moles, Skin,Skin Mole,Nevi,Skin Moles
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002828	Choristoma	A mass of histologically normal tissue present in an abnormal location.	Aberrant Tissue,Ectopic Tissue,Heterotopic Tissue,Aberrant Tissues,Choristomas,Ectopic Tissues,Heterotopic Tissues,Tissue, Aberrant,Tissue, Ectopic,Tissue, Heterotopic,Tissues, Aberrant,Tissues, Ectopic,Tissues, Heterotopic
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000273	Adipose Tissue	Specialized connective tissue composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It is the site of stored FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. In mammals, there are two types of adipose tissue, the WHITE FAT and the BROWN FAT. Their relative distributions vary in different species with most adipose tissue being white.	Fatty Tissue,Body Fat,Fat Pad,Fat Pads,Pad, Fat,Pads, Fat,Tissue, Adipose,Tissue, Fatty
D012878	Skin Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the SKIN.	Cancer of Skin,Skin Cancer,Cancer of the Skin,Neoplasms, Skin,Cancer, Skin,Cancers, Skin,Neoplasm, Skin,Skin Cancers,Skin Neoplasm