Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis of the clitoris.
Hattori R, Kubo T, Yano K, Tanemura A, Yamaguchi Y, Itami S, Hosokawa K.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita-shi, Japan.
BACKGROUND: Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis (NLCS) is a relatively rare condition. Although NLCS can affect any region of the entire body, no case of NLCS in the clitoris has ever been reported. OBJECTIVE: To report a case of NLCS of the clitoris that presented manifestations that were similar to female pseudohermaphrodism. METHODS: This is a case report and review of the literature. RESULTS: A congenital, soft, skin-colored lesion of the clitoris in a 1-year-old girl resembled female pseudohermaphrodism. It was resected, and the histologic diagnosis was NLCS. Postoperatively, there was no subsequent change in the lesion during the 3-year follow-up period. CONCLUSION: We reported a case of congenital solitary NLCS of the clitoris. Although NLCS might be a relatively rare condition, we should consider it in the differential diagnosis of female pseudohermaphrodism.
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PMID: 12974709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]