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Progress of an isolated collagenoma during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Aktaş Karabay Ezgi,
Yapıcıer Özlem
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/ajd.12876
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , connective tissue , obstetrics , dermatology , pathology , biology , genetics
Collagenomas are connective tissue naevi composed predominantly of collagen. Isolated collagenomas are usually localized to a single body region, acquired, and of rare occurrence. We describe a patient with an isolated collagenoma that showed an increase in size during pregnancy and regressed afterwards.