Papulolinear collagenoma is a rare kind of connective tissue nevus. It is a dermal hamartoma characterized by an increase in collagen. We report a young girl's collagen nevus with a papulolinear distribution.
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Dermatol Online J
September 2021
Pediatric Dermatology Unit, Pereira Rossell´s Hospital, Montevideo.
Acta Dermatovenerol Croat
June 2016
Aslı Aksu Çerman, MD, Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Dermatology Department, Halaskargazi Cad, Etfal S, Istanbul, Turkey;
Connective tissue nevi (CTN) are dermal hamartomas characterized by an imbalance in the amount and distribution of the normal components of the extracellular dermal matrix, specifically collagen, elastin, and/or proteoglicans. The term "CTN" was first mentioned by Lewandowsky in 1921 (1), although it was not accepted until the review by Gutmann in 1926 (2). Classification of CTN was established by Uitto et al.
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May 2009
Department of Dermatology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Connective tissue nevi of collagen type are now classified in four major subtypes. In addition to the clinicopathological features of papulolinear collagenoma, which is considered as a variant of isolated collagen harmatoma, the case we present has a unique arborizing pattern.
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