IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES

Idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation (IEMP) is a rather under-reported condition of unknown etiology. Clinically consisting of benign hyperpigmented macules, the condition is characterized histopathologically by dermal melanization. It must be differentiated from lichen planus pigmentosus, eryth...

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Autores principales: Grover, Sanjiv, Basu, Atoshi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21063525
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.70698
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description Idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation (IEMP) is a rather under-reported condition of unknown etiology. Clinically consisting of benign hyperpigmented macules, the condition is characterized histopathologically by dermal melanization. It must be differentiated from lichen planus pigmentosus, erythema dyschromicum perstans, fixed drug eruption and mastocytosis.
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spelling pubmed-29659192010-11-09 IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES Grover, Sanjiv Basu, Atoshi Indian J Dermatol Case Report Idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation (IEMP) is a rather under-reported condition of unknown etiology. Clinically consisting of benign hyperpigmented macules, the condition is characterized histopathologically by dermal melanization. It must be differentiated from lichen planus pigmentosus, erythema dyschromicum perstans, fixed drug eruption and mastocytosis. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2965919/ /pubmed/21063525 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.70698 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES
title IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES
title_full IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES
title_fullStr IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES
title_full_unstemmed IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES
title_short IDIOPATHIC ERUPTIVE MACULAR PIGMENTATION: REPORT ON TWO CASES
title_sort idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation: report on two cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965919/
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