title: Progressive macular hypomelanosis: a rarely diagnosed hypopigmentation in Caucasians.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Frauenlobstrasse 9-11, DE-80337 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neynaber
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirschner
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamann
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plewig
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Flaig