ILVEN-like persistent psoriasiform dermatitis confined to a congenital Becker nevus

Pediatr Dermatol. 2008 May-Jun;25(3):390-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00690.x.

Abstract

A 10-year-old boy presented with a 5-year history of an intractably pruritic, recalcitrant psoriasiform plaque in a broad vertical band on the left buttock, with histologic as well as clinical features suggestive of an inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus. This lesion was completely superimposed upon a congenital Becker nevus. We postulate that the restricted distribution and persistence of the psoriasiform plaque reflected an inflammatory response limited to the aberrant clone of cells composing the Becker nevus, a manifestation of cutaneous mosaicism that could be characterized as an "inflammatory Becker nevus."

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Dermatitis* / diagnosis
  • Dermatitis* / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hamartoma / complications
  • Hamartoma / congenital*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nevus / diagnosis
  • Pruritus / etiology
  • Psoriasis / diagnosis
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / complications
  • Skin Diseases / congenital*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis