Congenital Dermal Melanocytosis on the Foot: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
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| Authors: | Soo Ick Cho Jungyoon Moon Gwanghyun Jo Cheol Lee Je-Ho Mun |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.;2.Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ;3.Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | Dermal melanocytosis is a common pigmented skin disease, characterized by an increased number of ectopic melanocytes in the dermis. Rare variants of dermal melanocytosis that do not belong to these four typical groups–nevus of Ota, nevus of Ito, blue nevus, and Mongolian spots–are called dermal melanocyte hamartoma, or congenital dermal melanocytosis (CDM) as it mostly appears from birth. We report a case of CDM on the foot of a young woman with a literature review of previously reported cases of CDM. |
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| Keywords: | Congenital Dermis Melanocytes Nevus blue Pigmentation disorders |
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