Acquired universal melanosis (Carbon baby syndrome) in a 4-year old girl

Authors

  • Abolhasani Ehsan
  • Ershadi Sarah
  • Toossi Parviz
Abstract:

Universal acquired melanosis is a rare cause of diffuse hyperpigmentation of skin and mucosa during childhood. There are only few reported case of this scarce syndrome in medical literature. We report the first case of universal acquires melanosis from Iran in a 4-year-old girl whose skin becomes darker after 2-month of age.

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volume 16  issue 4

pages  162- 164

publication date 2013-10-01

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