Nevus, Halo, Nevus, Pigmented - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

nevus, halo nevus, pigmented

Body Site

back

Age

15 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

A 15 year old boy developed multiple halo nevi over the summer. Some were probably present earlier in the year, but they were identified when his summer tan increased the contrast between normal skin and the depigmented and hypopigmented rings.

Description

multiple pigmented papules with surrounding depigmented rings

Image Added

8/18/2001 22:38:20

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