Papillomatosis, Confluent And Reticulated, Acanthosis Nigricans - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

papillomatosis, confluent and reticulated acanthosis nigricans

Body Site

back

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

reticulated confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 16 year old boy was embarrassed by a brown rash that appeared on his chest and back several months earlier. He treated the eruption with selenium sulfide 2.5 percent lotion without improvement. A potassium hydroxide preparation was negative for fungus.

Description

symmetric reticulated and confluent tan slightly scaly papules

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9/8/2002 22:13:09

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