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A New Therapeutic Modality for Becker's Nevus

Adrienne S. Glaich, MD; Leonard H. Goldberg, MD, FRCP; Tianhong Dai, PhD; Joy H. Kunishige, MD; Paul M. Friedman, MD

Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(12):1488-1490.

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REPORT OF CASES

PATIENT 1

A 26-year-old white man presented with a pigmented lesion on the right upper chest that developed at 15 years of age. Results of physical examination showed multiple light brown macules coalescing into patches with terminal hairs (Figure 1A). The patient's medical history was unremarkable. No previous treatment to the area had been administered.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Becker's nevus on the right chest of patient 1 before (A) and after (B) 6 treatments with fractional resurfacing.

PATIENT 2

A 16-year-old white male adolescent was referred for treatment of a pigmented patch with terminal hairs on the right cheek (Figure 2A). His mother reported that the pigmented patch first developed at 5 years of age, and terminal hairs developed within the lesion during puberty. The patient's medical history was unremarkable. No . . . [Full Text of this Article]

THERAPEUTIC CHALLENGE

SOLUTION

COMMENT

AUTHOR INFORMATION

DermSurgery Associates, Houston, Texas (Drs Glaich, Goldberg, and Friedman); and Departments of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Methodist Hospital, Houston (Drs Goldberg and Friedman), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr Dai), and The University of Texas Medical School, Houston (Drs Goldberg, Kunishige, and Friedman)