article = {GSCR-2020-1-101} title = {Apocrine Carcinoma Arising in a Sebaceous Nevus of the Scalp in a 24-Year-Old Female} journal = {Global Surgery Case Reports} year = {2020} issn = {2733-2535} doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.GSCR.2010.01.01} url = {https://www.sciencerepository.org/apocrine-carcinoma-arising-in-a-sebaceous-nevus-of-the-scalp_GSCR-2020-1-101 author = {Corliss A. E. Best,Timothy J. Best,} keywords = {Nevus sebaceous of Jadassohn, apocrine carcinoma, scalp} abstract ={A case of a 24-year-old female with a two-year history of an intermittently crusting lesion of her scalp is presented. The relatively innocuous-appearing sebaceous nevus, present since birth, made a malignant transformation to an apocrine carcinoma, betrayed by intermittent crusting of a portion of the hamartoma. Current management of sebaceous nevus and apocrine carcinoma is discussed. }