Linear verrucous epidermal nevus
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Linear verrucous epidermal nevus (also known as a "Linear epidermal nevus," and "Verrucous epidermal nevus") is a skin lesion characterized by a verrucous skin-colored, dirty-gray or brown papule
. Generally, multiple papules present simultaneously, and coalesce to form a serpiginous plaque. When this nevus covers a diffuse or extensive portion of the body's surface area, it may be referred to as a systematized epidermal nevus
, when it involved only one-half of the body it is called a nevus unius lateris
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Papule
A papule is a circumscribed, solid elevation of skin with no visible fluid, varying in size from a pinhead to 1 cm.With regard to the quote "...varying in size from a pinhead to 1cm," depending on which text is referenced, some authors state the cutoff between a papule and a plaque as 0.5cm,...
. Generally, multiple papules present simultaneously, and coalesce to form a serpiginous plaque. When this nevus covers a diffuse or extensive portion of the body's surface area, it may be referred to as a systematized epidermal nevus
Systematized epidermal nevus
Systematized epidermal nevus is a cutaneous condition, an epidermal nevus with a diffuse or extensive distribution involving a large portion of a person's body surface....
, when it involved only one-half of the body it is called a nevus unius lateris
Nevus unius lateris
Nevus unius lateris is a cutaneous condition, an epdiermal nevus in which the skin lesions are distrubted on one-half of the body....
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See also
- Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevusInflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevusInflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevi are skin lesions that follow the lines of Blaschko, characterized histologically by hypergranulosis with orthokeratosis and parakeratosis with agranulosis....
- Epidermis
- Skin lesion
- List of cutaneous conditions