DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Congenital, circumscribed malformation of the corial connective tissue with excessive formation of collagen and usually also elastic fibers. A distinction is made according to the clinical and histological appearance:
- Naevus elasticus (syn.: Naevus anelasticus)
- Connective tissue nevus, coarsely nodular-disseminated
- Connective tissuenevus (lumbosacral)
- Elastoma juvenile.
These diagnoses represent variants of one entity and can occur simultaneously in the same patient. Connective tissue nevi can occur in isolation or as part of hereditary syndromes, e.g. Pringle-Bourneville phacomatosis and Buschke-Ollendorf syndrome.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
From birth, rarely occurs in childhood.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Pinhead to coin-sized, whitish to yellowish or skin-coloured, moderately coarse, flat oval to polygonal papules confluent to cobblestone-like foci. Often arranged in the cleft lines of the skin.
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Birt-hogg-dubé syndrome; Buschke-ollendorf syndrome; Connective tissue nevus; Connective tissue nevus, grossly nodular-disseminated; Dermatofibroma; Elastic nevus; Fibrofolliculoma; hamartoma of the skin; Juvenile elastoma; Mucinous nevus; ... Show allOutgoing links (7)
Buschke-ollendorf syndrome; Connective tissue nevus; Connective tissue nevus, grossly nodular-disseminated; Elastic nevus; Juvenile elastoma; Papel; Pringle-bourneville phacomatosis;Disclaimer
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