A Giant Nevus Sebaceous Lesion in an 18 Year-Old Male: A Case Report.

A nevus sebaceous is a rare type of lesion that most often occurs on the scalp but can appear anywhere on the head, face, neck, forehead, or scalp. Nevus sebaceous is benign lesion usually resulting from hyperplasia of different elements of the skin such as epithelial, sebaceous, follicular elements. This article discusses a patient with giant nevus sebaceous lesions on his scalp and right ear. An 18-year-old man came to the Plastic Surgery Outpatient Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran with a large gray brown Nevus like lesions on his scalp and on the right periauricular region. Both lesions gradually increased in size over the time, leading to giant papillomatosis lesions. The patient had no manifestations like pain or other symptoms. The operation was planned, and lesions excised and repaired with Local Flap and Full thickness skin graft, the patient was discharged after a day. After surgery, recovery was good and after 3 months there was no relapse and cosmetic result was excellent. This article shows the importance of surgery role in nevus sebaceous patients and discusses different types of treatments.