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Solitary Lesions Occurring in a Mother and Her Daughter

CAPT. PAUL H. JACOBS, MC

AMA Arch Derm. 1958;77(1):112-114.

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Solitary lesions of urticaria pigmentosa have been recognized with increasing frequency in recent years. This is evident in the studies of Chargin and Sachs,¹ who reported 10 cases of solitary lesions of urticaria pigmentosa in March, 1954. Their report included three cases previously described and seven additional ones. Three more cases were presented six months later by Drennan and Beare.² This is a report of solitary lesions of urticaria pigmentosa occurring in a mother and her daughter, thereby raising the question of hereditary transmission.

Report of a Case

This patient, a one-year-old white girl, the second born of fraternal twins, had a reddish-brown, nonpruritic macule on the skin of the left side of her back. Her mother stated that the lesion was a strawberry-red color at birth and that it had turned a brownish color shortly after birth and had re- mained this color until one week . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
U. S. A. F.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 1, 1957.

Resident, Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Col. Robert S. Higdon (MC), Chief of Service.

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