Hairy nevus spilus: a case series.
Nevus spilus, also known as speckled lentiginous nevus, is a nevoid disorder characterized by hyperpigmented macules or papules scattered over a background of tan pigmentation. Although nevus spilus is mainly of cosmetic concern, malignant melanoma may rarely develop in the lesions. Although classically not mentioned as a hairy nevus, a few reports in literature mention overlying hypertrichosis in lesions of nevus spilus. We hereby report four cases of nevus spilus without malignant change with overlying terminal hairs that arose mainly from the background pigmented area.
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Saurabh
S
Singh
Naresh
N
Jain
Neena
N
Khanna
Arvind
A
Ahuja
Manoj
M
Singh
D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006983:Hypertrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007911:Lentigo / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology