Acquired dermal melanocytosis: appearance during pregnancy.
We report the first case of acquired dermal melanocytosis (ADM) appearing during pregnancy. A 23-year-old Hispanic woman presented to the Dermatology Clinic of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center during the second trimester of pregnancy with a nonpalpable blue-gray patch with interspersed discrete brown macules on the right lower extremity. It had appeared during the first trimester of pregnancy. Cutaneous biopsy specimens revealed dermal melanocytes. A review of all reported cases of this rare dermatosis in the international literature is presented.
Rubin
A I
AI
Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Laborde
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SV
Stiller
M J
MJ
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*