Korean J Dermatol.
1975 Mar;13(1):49-52.
A Case of Acromelanosis Progressiva
Abstract
- Acromelanosis Progressiva which was described by Mishirna et al. In 1962 is a very rare pigmentary disorder and it seems that this is the first case reporting in Korean literature. The patient we observed was 11 years old girl having dark brown macules on the dorsa of her hands and feet, forearms, lower legs and face. These pigmented macules at first appeared on the dorsal surfaces of her fingers and toes when her age of 7. Thereafter these macules spread somewhat progressively to the proximal portions of the extremities and recently those have been spread upon her forearms and lower legs. The same pigmented macules appeared meanwhile on her face when her age of 9 and also have been spread diffusely on the cheeks and eyelids at visiting. Sh was otherwise normal on physically and had no familial history of such pigmentary disorder. But she had mental deficiency (I.Q. 60).