title: Dermatoscopy of pigmented melanocytic nevi in patients with oculocutaneous albinism.
abstract: Oculocutaneous albinism is a group of rare inherited disorders of pigmentation. Some albinos may have a certain degree of melanin production and, consequently, may develop pigmented lesions during their lives. Albinos are also at great risk for developing cutaneous malignancy, including melanomas. We report two patients with oculocutaneous albinism and pigmented melanocytic nevi and describe, as far as we known, for the first time the dermatoscopic findings in albinos' nevi. The predominant dermatoscopic pattern observed in pigmented melanocytic nevi in albino patients seems to have a similar pattern to that observed in nevi of patients with skin type I. It corresponds to light-brown coloration, reticular pattern, and central hypopigmentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. renato@clinicabakos.com.br
authors.forename: Renato Marchiori
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Bakos
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Argenziano
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zalaudek
authors.forename: Nathalia C M S
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Masiero
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zoratto
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cartell
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bakos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016115:Albinism, Oculocutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012880:Skin Pigmentation