Idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation: a case of 21 years' duration.
Idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation is a rare condition characterized by asymptomatic pigmented macules involving the neck, trunk, and proximal portions of the extremities. Age at onset usually varies from 1 to 20 years. The lesions usually appear abruptly and remit spontaneously over months to years. An unusual case of a 24-year-old woman with idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation lasting 21 years was characterized by several periods of spontaneous resolution followed by recurrences.
Department of Dermatology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10025, USA.
Sheetal
S
Mehta
Sumaira
S
Aasi
Ryan
R
Cole
Paul
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Chu
Jeffrey M
JM
Weinberg
D000328:Adult; D001132:Arm; D001415:Back; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence