Zosteriform speckled lentiginous nevus

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".


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