Skip areas of retained melanin: A clue to the histopathological diagnosis of idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis

Skip areas of retained melanin: A clue to the histopathological diagnosis of idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis

Biopsy findings in 55 cases of idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis (IGH) are reported. Most cases had a flat epidermis with loss of the rete pattern and a thickened orthokeratotic basket weave stratum corneum. The epidermis had markedly decreased to absent melanin in the basal layer and reduced numbers...

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Main Author: Rajiv Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dermatology
Subjects:
Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis
melanin retention
skip areas
Online Access:http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2014;volume=59;issue=6;spage=571;epage=574;aulast=Joshi

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http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2014;volume=59;issue=6;spage=571;epage=574;aulast=Joshi

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