A Case of Partial Unilateral Lentiginosis with Cafe-au-lait Macules.
- Author:
Hye In LEE
1
;
Kui Young PARK
;
Ji Young KIM
;
Kap Sok LI
;
Seong Jun SEO
;
Chang Kwun HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea. drseo@hanafos.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cafe-au-lait macules;
Partial unilateral lentiginosis
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Lentigo;
Neurofibromatoses
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2009;47(1):67-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Partial unilateral lentiginosis (PUL) is an unusual pigmentary disorder that's characterized by multiple lentigines in a unilateral distribution. The lesions often have a segmental pattern with a sharp demarcation at the midline. This is sometimes combined with other disorders such as neurofibromatosis or cafe-au-lait macules (CALMs). The presence of multiple CALMs in the same distribution as the lentigines on a PUL patient makes it difficult to differentiate PUL from segmental neurofibromatosis. We present here a 25-year-old woman with an unusual combination of several caf?-au-lait macules and scattered numerous lentigines involving the left side of the abdomen, flank and back.
