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WITH REPORT OF A CASE

ARTHUR SAYER, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1937;36(6):1210-1216.

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A rare type of nevus was first described by Selhorst¹ in 1896 under the title naevus acneiformis unilateralis. The first instance of the condition recognized in the United States was reported by White² in 1914, under the title naevus follicularis keratosus. In the foreign literature similar cases have been recorded occasionally, under descriptive names such as naevus acneiformis (Bettmann³), naevus acnéique unilatéral en bandes et en plaques (Thibierge⁴), systemized sebaceous gland nevus (Mayr⁵), naevus unilateralis comedo-follicularis (Hodara⁶) and naevus zoniforme à comédones (Montpellier et Colinieu⁷). Others have reported undoubted examples of this nevus, and mention should be made of the cases reported by Aoichi,⁸ Meirowsky,⁹ Klein,¹⁰ Barber¹¹ and Anderson.¹²

This nevus was thoroughly and ably described by Sweitzer and Winer¹³ under the title naevus unilateralis comedonicus in October 1932. About the same time . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Dermatologic Service of the Morrisania City Hospital.

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