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Nevus sebaceus is a congenital hamartoma associated with several secondary tumors. We report the case of a 19-year-old woman who presented with changes in a nevus sebaceus lesion on her parietal scalp, which was subsequently excised. Upon pathological examination, both basaloid hamartoma and syringocystadenoma papilliferum were noted within the specimen, which is rare. The primary treatment modalities for nevus sebaceus are either close clinical observation or surgical excision, but no definitive consensus exists on the excision timeline of nevus sebaceus.
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Erythema gyratum repens (EGR) is a rare and poorly understood dermatosis. The relationship of superficial dermatophytic infection to EGR-like eruptions in mycosis fungoides (MF) is unclear. We present a case of an EGR-like eruption in a patient with Sézary syndrome (SS). Histopathologic examination revealed both a superficial dermatophyte (Trichophyton rubrum) and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) in biopsies of the skin, regardless of whether those biopsies showed EGR-like lesions or erythroderma clinically. On 2 occasions, treatment of the superficial dermatophytic infection led to resolution of the EGR-like eruption and associated pruritus but not to resolution of the erythroderma. This case supports a role for dermatophytic superinfection in an EGR-like eruption in SS. Further investigation is necessary to fully understand the impact of dermatophytic infection in this clinical setting.