Cerebriform Intradermal Nevus: A Case of Scalp Expansion on the Galea
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Ichiro Hashimoto
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
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Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHideki Nakanishi
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Search for more papers by this authorHajimu Oura
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShoji Kato
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSeiji Arase
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ichiro Hashimoto
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Reprint requests to: Ichiro Hashimoto, M.D., Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital, The University of Tokushima School of Medicine, 3-18-15, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.Search for more papers by this authorYoshio Urano
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHideki Nakanishi
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Search for more papers by this authorHajimu Oura
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShoji Kato
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorSeiji Arase
Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
We report here a 7-year-old Japanese girl with cerebriform intradermal nevus (CIN). By placement of expanders on the galea, her scalp was expanded more easily with less discomfort than is expected when the expanders are placed under the galea. An immunohis-tochemical study on the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen suggested higher proliferative activity of nevus cells from the CIN lesion than that of cells from congenital or acquired intradermal nevi. The high proliferative activity appeared to be associated with a growth spurt of the lesion.
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