Nevus Follicularis Keratosis (Comedo Nevus)

Since Kofman¹first reported a case of "comedo nevus" in 1895, there have been sporadic reports of this unusual skin lesion. Selhorst²reported a case in 1896 in the British literature. White,³in 1914, was the first to record such a case in the American literature. In 1932 Sweitzer and Winer⁴reviewed the world literature and could find 34 such cases to which they added another. Anderson et al.⁵further reviewed the literature in 1933, adding 7 other cases from this source and 2 of their own. A review of the world literature at the present time shows an additional 19 cases of this lesion.⁶⁻²²A recent report on this subject by Beerman and Homan²⁷reveals other cases recorded in the foreign literature; these last authors also added 8 cases of their own. Report of a Case A 38-year-old Negro woman was referred