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Ashy dermatosis
Author(s) -
VegaMemije MaríaElisa,
DomínguezSoto Luciano
Publication year - 2010
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.1365-4632.2008.04032.x
Subject(s) - vega , citation , library science , humanities , cartography , medicine , computer science , art , geography , physics , astronomy
Some authors suggest that the condition is no more than a post-inflammatory pigmentary change in dark-skinned people . However, although the disease is mainly described in patients with dark skin, it has been occasionally described in light-skinned patients. The bluish-grey aspect of the lesions, which led to the name ashy dermatosis, is the result of the Tyndall effect. It may be that certain characteristics of melanosome size and distribution predispose to the development of this pigmentary anomaly