The color of the skin. 2. Hypermelanosis Nevic disorders. Acquired hypermelanosis.

How to Cite

Bonifazi E. 2018. The color of the skin. 2. Hypermelanosis Nevic disorders. Acquired hypermelanosis. Eur. J. Pediat. Dermatol. 3 (3):T33-T48.

Authors

Bonifazi E.
pp. T33-T48

Abstract

Early hypermelanosis may be inherited - these lesions were treated in the European Journal of Pediatric Dermatology n. 2, 1993 - or nevic. The latter may be due to increased number of nevus cells at the dermoepidermal junction (len­tigo), of melanocytes in the deep dermis (dermal melanocytosis) and of only melanin (hyperpig­mented nevus). Nevic hypermelanosis manifests itself with not infiltrated dark patches and due to this characteristic it is treated in this chapter, from which common nevus cell nevi are exclu­ded due to the fact that they are often raised or infiltrated. (...).

Keywords

Hypermelanosis, Nevic disorders, Acquired hypermelanosis