Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in Caucasians
A 35-year-old woman who developed whitish macules on trunk and limbs at 12 years of age and observed a remarkable increase of the hypopigmentated lesions after her pregnancies at ages 29 and 32 years. Because of the highly characteristic clinical aspect and the light- and electron-microscopic histop...
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| description | A 35-year-old woman who developed whitish macules on trunk and limbs at 12 years of age and observed a remarkable increase of the hypopigmentated lesions after her pregnancies at ages 29 and 32 years. Because of the highly characteristic clinical aspect and the light- and electron-microscopic histopathologic findings, we diagnosed progressive macular hypomelanosis (PMH). It is a nonscaly disorder with hypopigmented macules mainly on the trunk and is more often seen in young women. In contrast to some authors assuming the presence of Propionibacterium spp. as a matter of principle in PMH, we report a case with no evidence for Propionibacterium spp. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e8c5604d20a14b8482d8632c99d922a52025-08-20T03:21:10ZengWileyDermatology Research and Practice1687-61051687-61132009-01-01200910.1155/2009/607682607682Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in CaucasiansSven Neynaber0Christina Kirschner1Stefanie Kamann2Gerd Plewig3Michael J. Flaig4Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Frauenlobstrasse 9-11, DE-80337 Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Frauenlobstrasse 9-11, DE-80337 Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Frauenlobstrasse 9-11, DE-80337 Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Frauenlobstrasse 9-11, DE-80337 Munich, GermanyDepartment of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Frauenlobstrasse 9-11, DE-80337 Munich, GermanyA 35-year-old woman who developed whitish macules on trunk and limbs at 12 years of age and observed a remarkable increase of the hypopigmentated lesions after her pregnancies at ages 29 and 32 years. Because of the highly characteristic clinical aspect and the light- and electron-microscopic histopathologic findings, we diagnosed progressive macular hypomelanosis (PMH). It is a nonscaly disorder with hypopigmented macules mainly on the trunk and is more often seen in young women. In contrast to some authors assuming the presence of Propionibacterium spp. as a matter of principle in PMH, we report a case with no evidence for Propionibacterium spp.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/607682 |
| spellingShingle | Sven Neynaber Christina Kirschner Stefanie Kamann Gerd Plewig Michael J. Flaig Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in Caucasians Dermatology Research and Practice |
| title | Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in Caucasians |
| title_full | Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in Caucasians |
| title_fullStr | Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in Caucasians |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in Caucasians |
| title_short | Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis: A Rarely Diagnosed Hypopigmentation in Caucasians |
| title_sort | progressive macular hypomelanosis a rarely diagnosed hypopigmentation in caucasians |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/607682 |
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