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Am J Dermatopathol
; 45(6): 397-399, 2023 Jun 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37073993
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Acral speckled hypomelanosis is a very rare pigmentation disorder that appears early in life with hypopigmented macules on background of normal skin, occurring on the acral parts. CASE REPORT: We report a 9-year-old female patient with a 3-year duration of progressive, hypopigmented, confetti-like macules occurring symmetrically on the dorsum of both hands and feet. Biopsy showed normal number of melanocytes with no evidence of macromelanosomes using special stains for melanocytes. CONCLUSION: Acral speckled hypomelanosis is a relatively, recently, discovered entity, with only 9 cases reported to date, and our case is the 10th. The exact etiopathogenesis is not yet known.
Subject(s)
Hypopigmentation , Pigmentation Disorders , Female , Humans , Child , Skin/pathology , Hypopigmentation/pathology , Pigmentation Disorders/pathology , Melanocytes/pathology , Biopsy
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J Am Acad Dermatol
; 67(5): e229-30, 2012 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23062930