Document Type
Case Report
Department
Internal Medicine
Abstract
Verrucous epidermal nevi (VEN) are benign congenital hamartomas consisting of keratinocytes. Histological examination mostly exhibits hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, papillomatosis and, rarely, the features of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK). We report a case of a 6-year-old boy who presented at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan with bilaterally symmetrical linear epidermal nevi following Blaschko's lines and showing epidermolytic hyperkeratosis on histology. The patient was treated with topical keratolytics and emolients which led to considerable improvement. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of VEN from Pakistan.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal
Recommended Citation
Kerawala, S. R.,
Rizvi, N.,
Tabassum, S.
(2021). Bilateral systematised epidermolytic epidermal nevus: A case report. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 21(1), e124-e12.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_med_intern_med/184
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.