Korean Journal of Dermatology  1988;26(5):750-754

A Case of cutis Verticis Gyrata due to Cerebri - form Intradermal Nevus.

In Ae CHUNG ; Dong Sik SHIN ; Byoung Soo CHUNG ; Ik Tae KOH

Keywords

Cerebriform intradermal nevus; Cutis verticis gyrata

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

We report a case of cerebriform intradermal nevus. a cause of cutis verticis gyrata that clinically they resembled neurofibroma and revealed histopathologic finding consistent with intradermal nevus. The patient was a 6 year-old boy, who had a 17x18cm, soft, convoluted. pigmented mass over the parietal and occipital regions. The lesion had been present since birth and had been slowly increasing in size with convolution.