Treatment for Verrucous Nevus

Treatment for Verrucous Nevus, also known as linear inflammatory verrucous epidermal nevus or Nevil, is done with corticosteroids, vitamin D and tar to try to control and eliminate the wounds. However, this disease is difficult to control, as the lesions on the skin are resistant and usually reappear frequently.

In addition, treatments such as cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen, carbon dioxide laser therapy or surgical treatment can be used to remove the affected portion of the skin. See how laser therapy is done.

Symptoms

Verrucous Nevus is a disease of genetic origin that usually appears during the first year of life and affects mainly women, being characterized by the following symptoms:

Red or brown skin lesions;
Velvety or wart-shaped wounds;
Itch;
Increased sensitivity on the spot.

These skin lesions grow until adolescence, but the patient does not always show symptoms of itching and increased sensitivity. In general, the wounds appear in only one place on the skin, but in the most severe cases they can reach the entire limb or more than one region of the body.

Complications

In rarer cases, in addition to affecting the skin, Verrucous Nevus can also cause Epidermal Nevus Syndrome, in which the patient also has seizures, delayed speech, delayed mental development, problems with vision, bones and coordination of movements.

These complications happen because the disease can reach the body's nerves and blood vessels, impairing the proper development of other systems.

Diagnosis

The diagnosis of Verrucous Nevus is made from the clinical evaluation of the patient's symptoms and the examination of the skin wounds, in which a small sample of the wound is removed to be evaluated under a microscope.

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