[Combined naevus flammeus and naevus fuscocoeruleus: phacomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIa].

Abstract

The association of nevus flammeus with mongolian spot, nevus fuscoceruleus, nevus spilus and, with variable frequency, with nevus anemicus has been termed phacomatosis pigmentovascularis, a genodermatosis first described by Ota and co-workers. Four different combinations have been specified. Most cases are reported from the Japanese literature. Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis may constitute an exclusively cutaneous disorder, but overlapping with other syndromes like Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome or Sturge-Weber syndrome is also possible. We report a 30-year-old woman with nevus flammeus on the back and right arm associated with nevus fuscoceruleus on the back.

• Authors: W Achtelik, M Tronnier, H H Wolff
• Journal: Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete (Hautarzt) Vol. 48 Issue 9 Pg. 653-6 (Sep 1997) ISSN: 0017-8470 [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Kombinierter Naevus flammeus und Naevus fuscocoeruleus: Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis Typ IIa.
• PMID: 9410851 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Biopsy
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome (diagnosis, genetics, pathology)
• Female
• Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple (diagnosis, genetics, pathology)
• Humans
• Melanocytes (pathology)
• Microscopy, Electron
• Nevus of Ota (genetics)
• Phagocytes (pathology)
• Skin (pathology)
• Skin Neoplasms (diagnosis, genetics, pathology)