There are some lesions that only a dermatologist could
love. Nevus Liopmatosus Superficialis
(NLS) may be one.
Recently, a 63 yo woman presented with a pedunculated mass
on her right costal margin. It had been
present for a few years and did not bother her; but her internist told her to
see a dermatologist to have it removed.
Being compliant, she made an appointment. It was a 3 cm, soft, fleshy, skin-colored
nodule on a slender stalk. At her
request I removed it with a simple scissor snip and sent it for pathology. The clinical diagnosis was “fibroepithelial polyp vs.
nevus lipomatosus.”
Clinical Photo:
Photomicrographs courtesy of Lynne Goldberg, dermatopathologist,
Boston University Skin Path:
Diagnosis: Solitary
Nevus Lipomatosus Superficialis
Reference: (PubMed
has 30 citations on NLS)
1. Nevus lipomatosus superficialis: A rare cutaneous
hamartoma.
Pujani M, et. al.
Indian Dermatol Online J. 2014 Jan;5(1):109-10. Free Full Text.
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