Speckled Lentiginous Nevus.
- Author:
Choong Seop HAHN
;
Jung Bock LEE
;
Seung Hun LEE
;
Yoon Kee PARK
;
Chang Jo KOH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Age of Onset;
Lentigo;
Nevus*;
Parturition;
Scapula;
Thigh;
Thorax
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1981;19(3):353-358
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Speckled lentiginous nevus is a clinical variant of nevus-cell nevus first described by Stewart et al. in 1978. It is characterized by small, dark hyperpigmentated speckles superimposed on a tannish-brown background. The speckled areas show varying histologic patterns ranging from nevus incipiens to junctional or compound nevus. The back ground shows histologic features of Ientigo simplex. Recently, we observed clinical and histological features of 5 cases of speckled lentiginous nevi. The age of onset ranges from birth to infancy, The locations are face, thigh, back and scapula. One has zosteriform distribution in upper extrernity, chest and back. Histologic features of speckles are junctional or compound nevus. We suggest that the origin of dark speckles may be from the tannish-brown background, lentigo simplex.
