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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2004; 32 (1)

Nevus Depigmentosus: Ultrastructural and Immunohistochemical Study

Panuncio A, Vignale R, Dorce S, Saralegui P, Di Matteo C

Language: English
References: 15
Page: 36-38
PDF size: 293.62 Kb.


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Nevus depigmentosus is a congenital alteration of the melanocytes. This asymptomatic lesion could have different patterns: localized, following Blaschko’s lines, disseminated, unilateral or bilateral. It is an homogeneous whitish lesion with irregular or saw-like margins, without peripheral hyperpigmentation...


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