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KMID : 0363220130510120979
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Korean Journal of Dermatology
2013 Volume.51 No. 12 p.979 ~ p.982
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Partial Unilateral Lentiginosis with an Ocular Involvement
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Kim Seo-Wan
Kong Tae-Seok
Han Tae-Young
Lee Hyun-Kyung
Son Sook-Ja
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Abstract
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Partial unilateral lentiginosis is a rare pigmentary disorder which is characterized by multiple grouped lentigines inunilateral or segmental distributions. The ocular involvement of the disease is extremely rare and only four caseshave been reported until today. The exact pathophysiology is still unknown. An 18-year-old woman is being presentedwith unilateral hyperpigmented macules on her left forehead, eyelid, cheek, lip and chin which all demarcatedsharply at the midline of her face. The lesion has been presented since the age of 1. Also, there are discretebrownish pigmentations on her left bulbar conjunctiva. Biopsy specimen is being obtained from the left chin and thehistopathological examinations revealed increasing basal layer of pigmentations and mild elongation of rete ridges.
The histopathological features are also consistent with lentigo simplex. Herein, we present a rare case of partialunilateral lentiginosis with an ocular involvement. We have also proposed that the partial unilateral lentiginosis hasa possibility of ocular involvements.
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KEYWORD
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Ocular involvement, Partial unilateral lentiginosis
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