Giant Cerebriform Nevus Lipomatosus Cutaneous- Superficialis with Diffuse Lipomatosis: An Unusual Presentation on the Neck

Skinmed. 2024 Aug 2;22(3):228-229. eCollection 2024.

Abstract

A 25-year-old man presented with gradually increasing swelling of 15 years' duration on the left side of his neck. There had been occasional foul-smelling discharge from the swelling. Local examination revealed an 8 cm × 5 cm oblong-shaped, yellowish to skin-colored, soft, -cerebriform swelling. There were multiple open comedones (Figure 1a). The surrounding skin had small and soft skin-colored papules. On palpation, there was no ulceration, tenderness, induration, or bag of worms. A scar from the past surgery was visible. Systemic examina- tion was unremarkable. The differential diagnosis demonstrated plexiform neurofibroma and nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis (NLCS; Figure 2).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lipomatosis* / diagnosis
  • Lipomatosis* / pathology
  • Male
  • Neck* / pathology
  • Neurofibroma, Plexiform / diagnosis
  • Neurofibroma, Plexiform / pathology
  • Nevus / diagnosis
  • Nevus / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms* / pathology