Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature

Kissing nevus is a curious type of nevus that was first described on the eyelids and rarely described on the penis. We report two cases of kissing nevus of the penis and review previously reported cases. The lesions of the kissing nevus of the penis showed characteristic mirror-image symmetry relati...

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Main Authors: Songting Wang, Mingshu Zhou, Jianjun Qiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014-04-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962014000200329&tlng=en
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description Kissing nevus is a curious type of nevus that was first described on the eyelids and rarely described on the penis. We report two cases of kissing nevus of the penis and review previously reported cases. The lesions of the kissing nevus of the penis showed characteristic mirror-image symmetry relative to the coronal sulcus. On histopathology, the lesion showed a compound nevus.
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spelling doaj.art-3287b70678f04ca88b9b2d68ce3ccd0d2022-12-22T04:12:46ZengSociedade Brasileira de DermatologiaAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia0365-05962014-04-0189232933110.1590/abd1806-4841.20142870Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literatureSongting WangMingshu ZhouJianjun QiaoKissing nevus is a curious type of nevus that was first described on the eyelids and rarely described on the penis. We report two cases of kissing nevus of the penis and review previously reported cases. The lesions of the kissing nevus of the penis showed characteristic mirror-image symmetry relative to the coronal sulcus. On histopathology, the lesion showed a compound nevus.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962014000200329&tlng=enMelanocytesNevus, pigmentedPenis
spellingShingle Songting Wang
Mingshu Zhou
Jianjun Qiao
Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Melanocytes
Nevus, pigmented
Penis
title Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature
title_full Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature
title_fullStr Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature
title_short Kissing nevus of the penis. Report of two cases and review of the literature
title_sort kissing nevus of the penis report of two cases and review of the literature
topic Melanocytes
Nevus, pigmented
Penis
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