A case of reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura with hyperpigmented macular lesions on the scrotum.
- Author:
Gi Bum SUHR
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura;
Scrotal macules;
Dowling-Degos disease
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Foot;
Hand;
Humans;
Hyperpigmentation;
Male;
Scrotum*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1992;30(5):752-755
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
An 18-year-old male patient presented with brownish, sliglitly atrophic, reticulated macular lesions on the dorsal parts of hands and feet sinc childhood, which were characteristic manifestation of ret.iculate acropigmentation of Kitariura. At about thirteen years old age, he noted multiple deep brownish, freckle-like macules on the scrotum. Histopatholigic findings of a scrotal lesion were compatible with those of Dowling-Degos disease, such as epidermal acanthosis, elorga ion of rete ridges and hyperpigmentation of the prickle and basal cell layer.
