title: Linear unilateral basal cell nevus: a benign follicular hamartoma simulating multiple basal cell carcinomas.
abstract: We report a case of linear unilateral basal cell nevus (LBCN) occurring on the left lateral neck and left posterior shoulder of a 23-year-old woman. LBCN is a rare benign follicular hamartoma that must be distinguished from the more aggressive unilateral and segmental variant of nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) and the linear variant of BCC.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shumaker
authors.forename: Kendall
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*