2007
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200708010-00002
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Progressive Macular Hypomelanosis

Abstract: Progressive macular hypomelanosis (PMH) is a common skin disorder that is often misdiagnosed. Various authors have written about similar skin disorders, referring to them by different names, but we believe that all these similar disorders are part of the same entity.PMH is characterized by ill-defined nummular, non-scaly hypopigmented spots on the trunk, often confluent in and around the midline, and rarely extending to the proximal extremities and neck/head region. There is no itch, pain, or preceding inflamm… Show more

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“…1 During the 1980s, the disease began to be reported in other countries; however, there was no association with mixed race and different nomenclatures such as progressive macular confluent hypomelanosis, cutis trunci variata and nummular and confluent hypomelanosis of the trunk were used to describe the condition. 1,2 It is a common dermatosis in different continents such as Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. In Brazil, there are no epidemiological data on this dermatosis.…”
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“…1 During the 1980s, the disease began to be reported in other countries; however, there was no association with mixed race and different nomenclatures such as progressive macular confluent hypomelanosis, cutis trunci variata and nummular and confluent hypomelanosis of the trunk were used to describe the condition. 1,2 It is a common dermatosis in different continents such as Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. In Brazil, there are no epidemiological data on this dermatosis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies published in the literature describe a higher prevalence of the condition in females (7:1), and in adolescents and young adults with Fitzpatrick skin type II-IV. 1,2 The condition is clinically classified by poorlydefined, hypopigmented, confluent, nummular macules, located symmetrically in seborrheic areas, generally on the posterior and anterior trunk and, less commonly, on the neck and areas close to the extremities. The lesions are asymptomatic and there have been no precedents of inflammatory lesions.…”
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