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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1989; 12(4):361-364

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1989.12.4.361

Case Report

A Case of Connective Tissue Nevus

Joung Ok Lee, Ki Bum Myung, Hong Il Kook
Corresponding author: Hong Il Kook. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1989. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

The connecitve tissue nevus represents a hamartoma of various components of dermal connective tissue elements, predominantly collagen, elastin or glycosaminoglycans. We present a case of connective tissue nevus on both hands, right elbow, right knee area. This case was a 9-year-old male who have had skin colored or yellowish plaques without subjective symptoms and there was no trauma histroy.

Keywords: Connective tissue nevus