Nevus, Becker - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

nevus, Becker

Body Site

chest

Age

25 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

brown

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

Comments

A Becker nevus appeared on the chest of a healthy medical student when he was a preadolescent. It was not associated with increased hair or symptoms. The 4 mm pink macule on the right mid chest represents the scar left by the biopsy that was performed when he was an adolescent.

Description

well demarcated irregularly shaped uniform light brown macules forming three large patches

Image Added

1/28/2001 15:19:49

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