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Large Nevus Lipomatosus Cutaneous Superficialis in the Skin of Color
Janet Choi1, Kelly Hawkins2, Eliza Balazic2
1Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY; janet.choi@einsteinmed.edu.
Abstract:
A 15-year-old African-American man (Fitzpatrick skin type V) presented to the outpatient dermatology clinic with a large, verrucous, exophytic mass measuring 3.5 × 2.3 cm on the right lateral side of the posterior flank (Figure 1). The lesion had been increasing in size for several years. His mother had refused a shave excision when he was 9 years old. He also had atopic dermatitis, acanthosis nigricans, and benign melanocytic nevi. He was obese with borderline hypercholesterolemia.
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