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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

nevus, halo nevus, pigmented

Body Site

arm chest

Age

17 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

brown white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated

Comments

This healthy adolescent noted the sudden onset of white halos around all of his pigmented nevi several months earlier. Some of the nevi had almost completely disappeared.

Description

subtle central pigmentation with surrounding white halo

Categories

hyperpigmentation hypopigmentation, depigmentation

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10/20/2003 8:44:39

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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