Apocrine nevus of scalp: A case report
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Apocrine nevus is a rare benign tumor of which only 9 cases have been reported in the literature. The apocrine nevus is seen mostly in the areas where the apocrine glands are normally distributed such as axillae, head and neck. Our case was a 16-year old girl who referred with a verrucous erythematous plaque over right parietal side of the scalp. The patient had the plaque since birth with partial growth after puberty. Histopathologic study showed mature apocrine glands located in the reticular and papillary dermis with epidermal papillomatosis and acanthosis.
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عنوان ژورنال
دوره 3 شماره 4
صفحات 43- 45
تاریخ انتشار 2000-07-01
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