NEVUS SEBACEUS

Course overview

NEVUS SEBACEUS OF JADASSOHN ALSO REFERRED TO AS ORGANOID NEVUS, IS A CONGENITAL MALFORMATION INVOLVING HAMARTOMAS OF THE PILOSEBACEOUS FOLLICULAR UNIT. THESE GROWTHS MOST COMMONLY FORM ON THE SCALP, BUT MAY ALSO APPEAR ON THE FOREHEAD, FACE, OR NECK. THEY UNDERGO A GROWTH PHASE DURING PUBERTY DUE TO HORMONAL CHANGES. IN ADULTHOOD, THE GROWTHS MAY DEVELOP SECONDARY NEOPLASMS WITHIN THEM, MOST COMMONLY TRICHOBLASTOMA. THE TREATMENT OF THESE LESIONS IS CONTROVERSIAL, WITH OPTIONS RANGING FROM OBSERVATION TO EARLY EXCISION IN CHILDHOOD. THIS ACTIVITY ILLUSTRATES THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF NEVUS SEBACEUS OF JADASSOHN AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING THOSE WITH THIS CONDITION.