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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan 15:58:43-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2024.12.031. eCollection 2025 Apr.

Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus successfully treated with ustekinumab

Sara Almarzooqi  1 , Shaden Abdelhadi  1
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Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus successfully treated with ustekinumab

Sara Almarzooqi et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
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Keywords: inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus; ustekinumab.

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Fig 1
A and B, Before starting treatment. C and D, Six months after treatment with ustekinumab.
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Fig 2
Hematoxylin and eosin demonstrating parakeratosis with underlying hypogranulosis alternating with orthokeratosis with underlying hypergranulosis, and a perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate in the upper dermis.
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