Open AccessNaevi Spili, Café-au-lait Spots and Melanocytic Naevi Aggregated Alongside Blaschko's Lines, with a Review of Segmental Melanocytic Lesions
Author(s) -
N. Langenbach,
Alexander Pfau,
Míchael Landthaler,
Wilhelm Stolz
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta dermato-venereologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.982
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1651-2057
pISSN - 0001-5555
DOI - 10.1080/000155598443114
Subject(s) - café au lait spot , nevus , congenital melanocytic nevus , melanocytic nevus , dermatology , quadrant (abdomen) , medicine , pathology , blue nevus , melanoma , neurofibromatosis , cancer research
This is the first case in the literature describing naevi spili, café-au-lait spots and melanocytic naevi aggregated along-side Blaschko's lines. The pattern of melanocytic lesions in our patient is different from the congenital pigmentary syndromes and the segmental distribution of melanocytic naevi, the quadrant distribution of dysplastic naevi or the partial unilateral lentiginosis which here are shortly reviewed. The distribution may be a result of a somatic mutation occurring at an early stage of embryogenesis when neural structures had already been formed.