Linear epidermal nevi are called so because they appear to form a line. Their course follows the skin lines known as the lines of Blaschko.

Epidermal nevi are fairly common congenital malformations that occur in 1-3 per 1000 births and are asymptomatic. Image credit Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014".

Goldman K, Don PC. “Adult onset of inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus in a mother and her daughter.” Dermatology. 1994:189:170-172. ...

Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus is a unique variant of epidermal nevus. It presents as a chronic, pruritic condition with erythematous, scaly and verrucous papules that form into linear ...

Q: Our granddaughter was born with a rash on her neck, finger and leg. The Cleveland Clinic diagnosed her as having linear epidermal nevus. Evidently, there is no cure. She's almost 3 and still ...

An epidermal nevus (EN) is due to an overgrowth of the epidermis (upper layers of the skin). Lesions are present at birth (50%) or develop during childhood (mostly in the first year of life). The ...

Cutaneous lesions of patient 1. An epidermal nevus (arrow) following Blaschko's lines extends from the upper left part of the back to the shoulder (a).Hypertrophy of the right thigh is associated ...

Recurrent Nevus Clinical Data. A total of 325 patients fulfilled our criteria and were included in this study. There was a female predominance with females accounting for 72%, and males 28%.

Linear pink plaques. Kerri Robbins, MD | January 10, 2012 . CASE #1: Epidermal nevus. Epidermal nevus is also known as nevus verrucosus, nevus unius lateris and ichthyosis hystrix. The word ...