Naevoid pigmentary disorders.(Brief Article)

Australian Doctor,  September, 2005  

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Maureen Rogers

The pale or dark lesions that characterise this condition appear either at birth or shortly afterwards. If extensive, abnormalities in other organ systems may be present.

NAEVOID pigmentary disorders are macular or flat hypermelanotic (dark) or hypomelanotic (pale) lesions.

These pale or dark patches may be small, solitary lesions or extensive, involving wide areas of the trunk and limbs. Sometimes there is a mixture of light and dark lesions, with the light ones being lighter than the normal skin colour and the darker ones darker. They are either present at ...

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