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Zosteriform speckled lentiginous nevus is a skin lesion that may be the result of a potentially lethal mutation. [1]

The terminology has been described as "confusing". [2]

It was characterized in 1981. [3]

Cutaneous findings in FACES syndrome include zosteriform speckled lentiginous nevi. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 853. ISBN  1-4160-2999-0.
  2. ^ Marchesi L, Naldi L, Di Landro A, Cavalieri d'Oro L, Brevi A, Cainelli T (August 1992). "Segmental lentiginosis with "jentigo" histologic pattern". Am J Dermatopathol. 14 (4): 323–7. doi: 10.1097/00000372-199208000-00007. PMID  1503204.
  3. ^ Simoes GA (February 1981). "Speckled zosteriform lentiginous nevus". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 4 (2): 236–8. doi: 10.1016/S0190-9622(81)80245-9. PMID  7217395.
  4. ^ "Speckled Lentiginous Nevus".