Café Au Lait Spot, Malformation, Congenital, Hyperpigmentation, Petaloid Congenital Hyperpigmentation - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

café au lait spot malformation, congenital hyperpigmentation petaloid congenital hyperpigmentation

Body Site

back

Age

7 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

patchy petaloid

Color

brown

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

asymmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This healthy 7-year-old girl was noted to have widespread petaloid patches of hyperpigmentation. She had no other cutaneous anomalies and was growing and developing normally. These lesions probably result from somatic genetic mosaicism late in fetal development.

Description

large well demarcated asymmetric petaloid light brown patches

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9/24/2006 22:05:04

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