title: Becker's melanosis: a report of 12 cases with atypical presentation.
abstract: Becker's melanosis is a distinct clinical entity. It usually presents in adolescence as a unilateral, hyperpigmented, hairy cutaneous hamartoma. We report herein 12 cases of Becker's melanosis that differ in their presentation from classical Becker's melanosis, and we believe that such presentations are not uncommon.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Division, Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. alfadley@kfshrc.edu.sa
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfadley
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hainau
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Robaee
authors.forename: Nusrat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Banka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006983:Hypertrichosis / Q000473:pathology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008548:Melanosis / Q000473:pathology*