Becker nevus (BN) is a cutaneous hamartoma affecting approximately 1 in 200 individuals that appears in childhood as a unilateral tan patch, and increases in thickness, pigmentation, and hair growth during adolescence. Histologically, epidermal acanthosis is accompanied by irregularly dispersed ectopic smooth muscle bundles and increased terminal hair follicles (summary by Cai et al., 2017). Becker nevus syndrome (BNS) is a phenotype characterized by the presence of a Becker nevus in association with unilateral hypoplasia of breast or other cutaneous, muscular, or skeletal defects (Happle and Koopman, 1997). [from OMIM]
- MedGen UID:
- 347608
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- C1858042
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- Disease or Syndrome