title: Congenital eccrine nevus on the neck.
abstract: Eccrine nevus (EN) is a very rare hamartoma of the skin and with varying clinical manifestations. Histologically, these neoplasms present as a proliferation of normally structured eccrine sweat glands in the dermis. There have been no more than 20 cases previously have been reported in the English literature. Herein we report a 25-year-old man with eccrine nevus on the neck. To our best knowledge, this is the first case that the lesion affecting the neck.
authors.forename: Yanfei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: The Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University. fengyiguo70@163.com.
authors.forename: Yiguo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Shengxiang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004439:Eccrine Glands / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology; D009506:Nevus / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology