A case of cutis verticis gyrata secondary to giant cerebriform intradermal nevus

Scalp expansion for giant cutis verticis gyrata secondary to cerebriform intradermal nevus

“…All cases of surgically managed CVG published in the literature according to our PubMed search are listed in Table 1. 2,4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] Thirty-five patients (11 female, 24 male; mean age, 26.9 years) with CVG (maximum lesion diameter, 8-32 cm) were successfully treated with scalp excision followed by direct suturing (n ¼ 9), scalp subcision (n ¼ 1), local flaps (n ¼ 2), free flaps (n ¼ 2), skin grafts (n ¼ 3), and scalp expansion (n ¼ 18). Various excision patterns have been reported, such as a Y-shaped excision, Tshaped excision, fleur-de-lis pattern, and butterfly-shaped excision.…”

Cerebriform intradermal nevus-A rare clinical entity presenting as cutis verticis gyrata

“…Our patient was normal in intellect and she did not have any other abnormalities. But it is important to know that cerebriform intradermal nevus is associated with the risk of malignant melanoma [14,15]. The life-time incidence of melanoma arising in a giant nevus or in smaller nevi is 6.3% and 12% [9].…”

Congenital cerebriform intradermal nevus presenting as cutis verticis gyrata: a case report

“…2 Early diagnosis and treatment of CIN is important as there is high risk of development of malignant melanoma. 3 We would like to present a case of congenital Cerebriform intradermal nevus presenting as CVG and treated by wide excision and grafting.…”