Nevus Comedonicus of the Scalp

    April 2014 in “ PubMed ”
    Feroze Kaliyadan, Ajit Nambiar, Al Ameer A, M. Amri
    TLDR A 10-year-old boy was diagnosed with a rare scalp condition causing hair loss and treated with a topical cream.
    A 10-year-old boy presented with a localized patch of hair loss on the scalp, first noticed a few months after birth. The lesion showed minimal growth over time and had occasional redness and discharge, controlled with topical treatments. Examination revealed grouped comedonal lesions over a patch of partial alopecia on the occipital scalp, with no inflammation. A biopsy showed deep invaginations of the epidermis filled with keratin, without significant perifollicular inflammatory infiltrate. An atypical nevus comedonicus was diagnosed, and the patient was started on topical tretinoin 0.05% and is under follow-up.
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