Linear unilateral basal cell nevus: a benign follicular hamartoma simulating multiple basal cell carcinomas.
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.
Shumaker
Peter R
PR
Dermatology Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego, California, USA.
Lane
Kendall
K
Harford
Robert
R
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*