Nevus anelasticus: how should such lesions be classified? 2014

Annie R Wang, and Kathryn Kent, and Jared Jagdeo, and Leslie Robinson-Bostom, and Lionel Bercovitch
Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

Nevus anelasticus represents a rare entity that is most commonly classified as a connective tissue nevus. It typically presents before 20 years of age with asymmetrically distributed white-to-skin-toned or pink-to-red papules or plaques on the trunk and upper extremities. The lesion is defined histopathologically by the absence or degeneration of elastic fibers in the dermis. We report the case of a healthy 17-year-old female who presented with an asymptomatic slowly progressive plaque on the right inferior areola. Histopathologic examination showed the absence of elastic fibers in the papillary and upper reticular dermis and fragmented elastic tissue fibers in the deep reticular dermis. Although there is ongoing controversy regarding the nosology of this uncommon disorder, we propose that it is a distinct entity based on its histopathologic and clinical features.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
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
D009558 Nipples The conic organs which usually give outlet to milk from the mammary glands. Areola,Areolae,Nipple
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012867 Skin The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
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

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