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Linear verrucous epidermal nevus

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Specialty
  
medical genetics

eMedicine
  
article/1117506

ICD-10
  
Q82.5 (ILDS Q82.502)

MeSH
  
D054000

Linear verrucous epidermal nevus

Linear verrucous epidermal nevus (also known as a "Linear epidermal nevus," and "Verrucous epidermal nevus") is a skin lesion characterized by a verrucous skin-colored, dirty-gray or brown papule. Generally, multiple papules present simultaneously, and coalesce to form a serpiginous plaque. When this nevus covers a diffuse or extensive portion of the body's surface area, it may be referred to as a systematized epidermal nevus, when it involved only one-half of the body it is called a nevus unius lateris.

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