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Becker's melanosis: A report of 12 cases with atypical presentation
Author(s) -
Alfadley Abdullah,
Hainau Bo,
Al Robaee Ahmed,
Banka Nusrat
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02077.x
Subject(s) - melanosis , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , hamartoma , pathology , surgery , melanoma , cancer research
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.