Congenital panfollicular nevus

What it is

Congenital panfollicular nevus is a rare, benign, skin tumor disorder characterized by the presence of congenital, large (few centimeters), elevated, well-circumscribed, pink-tan, multinodular, non-ulcerative, bosselated-surface skin lesions located on the neck, scalp or hand and which enlarge with time. Histologically, hamartomatous proliferation containing irregularly arranged, malformed hair follicles in various stages of development, surrounded by fibrous tissue and densely distributed within the dermis is observed.

Key facts

Prevalence

<1 / 1 000 000

Age of onset

Infancy, Neonatal

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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