Pigmented perianal macules

On pigmented macules and butterfly collection.

Laser treatment of pigmented lesions.

Several pigment-specific lasers can effectively treat epidermal and dermal pigmented lesions without complications using the basic principles of selective photothermolysis. Although such pigmented lesions as solar lentigines and nevi of Ota are relatively easy to treat using pigment-specific laser technology, café-au-lait macules and melasma show variable responses to treatment. New, long-pulse...

Phototherapy as an effective treatment for Majocchi's disease - Case report*

Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are chronic and relapsing disorders characterized by a symmetrical rash of petechial and pigmentary macules, mainly confined to the lower limbs. Purpura annularis telangiectodes of Majocchi is a less common variant of Pigmented purpuric dermatoses characterized by punctate telangiectatic macules progressing to annular, hyperpigmented patches with central clearing a...

Clinical image: an unusual pigmented basal cell carcinoma arising from vulva.

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common human malignancy. It occurs most often in elderly patients on the sun-exposed skin of the head and neck (1). ma skin cancer and is uncommon on unexposed skin such as the genital and perianal region (2). We report a 78-year-old otherwise healthy woman that was seen with a pigmented lesion originating on the right vulva. The lesion had started as a sm...

Dowling-Degos disease associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: a case report.

Dowling-Degos disease (DDD) or reticular pigmented anomaly of the flexures is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis with variable penetrance. It mainly affects young women and is characterized by acquired reticular hyperpigmentation of the large skin folds. We present a case of DDD associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) in a 43-year-old Spanish woman. Physical examination revealed bro...