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An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus?
A 53-year-old male presented with a 6-year duration of a child's-palm sized hypopigmented patch located on his neck. He had a history of surgical excision of an epidermal cyst on the neck, and the hypopigmented patch developed about one month after the excision next to the surgery site. Applica...
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Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363163 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2012.24.1.84 |
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author | Cho, Suhyun Do, Jeong Eun Oh, Sang Ho |
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description | A 53-year-old male presented with a 6-year duration of a child's-palm sized hypopigmented patch located on his neck. He had a history of surgical excision of an epidermal cyst on the neck, and the hypopigmented patch developed about one month after the excision next to the surgery site. Application of cold or heat did not make the lesion distinct from the surrounding skin. Pressure on the lesion by a glass slide made the lesion indistinguishable from surrounding uninvolved lesions. Giving friction to the lesion failed to induce erythematous change, making it clearly visible. Histologically, the lesion showed normal findings with adequate numbers of melanocytes in the basal layer. Herein, we present an interesting case of an acquired anemic patch which developed after a cyst excision. We postulate that nerve damage after surgery that regulates the vascular tone of cutaneous vessels may have been an inducing event of the anemic patch in this patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-32838592012-02-23 An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus? Cho, Suhyun Do, Jeong Eun Oh, Sang Ho Ann Dermatol Case Report A 53-year-old male presented with a 6-year duration of a child's-palm sized hypopigmented patch located on his neck. He had a history of surgical excision of an epidermal cyst on the neck, and the hypopigmented patch developed about one month after the excision next to the surgery site. Application of cold or heat did not make the lesion distinct from the surrounding skin. Pressure on the lesion by a glass slide made the lesion indistinguishable from surrounding uninvolved lesions. Giving friction to the lesion failed to induce erythematous change, making it clearly visible. Histologically, the lesion showed normal findings with adequate numbers of melanocytes in the basal layer. Herein, we present an interesting case of an acquired anemic patch which developed after a cyst excision. We postulate that nerve damage after surgery that regulates the vascular tone of cutaneous vessels may have been an inducing event of the anemic patch in this patient. Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2012-02 2012-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3283859/ /pubmed/22363163 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2012.24.1.84 Text en Copyright © 2012 Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Cho, Suhyun Do, Jeong Eun Oh, Sang Ho An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus? |
title | An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus? |
title_full | An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus? |
title_fullStr | An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus? |
title_full_unstemmed | An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus? |
title_short | An Acquired Anemic Patch Developed after a Cyst Excision: Is It a Variant of Nevus Anemicus? |
title_sort | acquired anemic patch developed after a cyst excision: is it a variant of nevus anemicus? |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363163 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2012.24.1.84 |
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