Hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial Bier spots

Bier spots are asymptomatic, small, irregular, hypopigmented macules characterized by a normal histological appearance, which are usually found on the arms and legs of young adults. We describe the simultaneous presence of Bier spots in two siblings. This finding is unusual since, to the best of our...

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Autores principales: Stinco, Giuseppe, Errichetti, Enzo, Patrone, Pasquale
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26560221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153337
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author Stinco, Giuseppe
Errichetti, Enzo
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description Bier spots are asymptomatic, small, irregular, hypopigmented macules characterized by a normal histological appearance, which are usually found on the arms and legs of young adults. We describe the simultaneous presence of Bier spots in two siblings. This finding is unusual since, to the best of our knowledge, concurrent familial cases have never been reported in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-46312412015-11-04 Hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial Bier spots Stinco, Giuseppe Errichetti, Enzo Patrone, Pasquale An Bras Dermatol Case Report Bier spots are asymptomatic, small, irregular, hypopigmented macules characterized by a normal histological appearance, which are usually found on the arms and legs of young adults. We describe the simultaneous presence of Bier spots in two siblings. This finding is unusual since, to the best of our knowledge, concurrent familial cases have never been reported in the literature. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4631241/ /pubmed/26560221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153337 Text en © 2015 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial Bier spots
title_fullStr Hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial Bier spots
title_full_unstemmed Hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial Bier spots
title_short Hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial Bier spots
title_sort hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial bier spots
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26560221
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153337
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