nevus comedonicus syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names nevus comedonicus syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare developmental skin condition consisting of abnormal pilosebaceous follicle development. It is characterized by linear or band-like distributions of groups of comedones, usually on the face, neck, upper arm, chest, and abdomen, that appear at birth or in childhood.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0014873), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Inheritance
- Typified by somatic mosaicism
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
17 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- ComedoHPOHP:0025249
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HamartomaHPOHP:0010566
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal foot morphologyHPOHP:0001760
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal hair morphologyHPOHP:0001595
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal vertebral morphologyHPOHP:0003468
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- CataractHPOHP:0000518
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Finger syndactyly
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- SeizureHPOHP:0001250
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Spina bifidaHPOHP:0002414
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Spina bifida occultaHPOHP:0003298
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Toe syndactylyHPOHP:0001770
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Nevus comedonicusHPOHP:0020154
Where it sits
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: nevus comedonicus syndrome
- Also called
- acne Nevusacneiform Nevuscomedo NevusNevus comedonicusnevus comedonicus, somaticpilosebaceous nevoid disorder