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Multiple Unilateral Persistent Pigmented Patches on the Lower Extremities
Maria R. Nasca, MD;
Rocco De Pasquale, MD;
Franco Dinotta, MD;
Giuseppe Micali, MD
University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Arch Dermatol. 2000;136:1055-1060.
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REPORT OF A CASE
A 47-year-old white woman presented for evaluation of multiple asymptomatic patches on her left thigh. The lesions first began 8 years earlier and slowly increased in number and size. The patient was in otherwise excellent health, and there was no history of drug intake or previous trauma to the site.
Physical examination revealed multiple grouped, roundish to irregularly shaped, yellowish brown, smooth patches, ranging in size from a few millimeters to 2 cm, on the extensor aspect of the left thigh (Figure 1). The lesions did not blanch on pressure and were not infiltrated.
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Figure 1.
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The results of routine serologic tests were within normal limits. The findings of radiography of the chest and testing for antinuclear antibodies were noncontributory. An excisional biopsy specimen was obtained from 1 of the lesions (Figure 2. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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