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Pigmented nevus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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At the heart of the pigmentless nevus is a decrease in the activity of melanocytes. The amount of the latter in the skin is normal. In the cytoplasm of melanocytes, the amount of melanosomes is also normal, whereas in keratinocytes the amount of melanosomes is reduced.
Symptoms of a pigmentless nevus. Dermatosis is congenital in nature, found in all races and equally common in men and women. The disease is characterized by the appearance on the skin of the body, the limbs of single (more often one), asymmetrically arranged, white spots of oval or round shape with clear, polycyclic boundaries. Depigmented nevus often occurs in childhood or, rarely, in adolescence and with time does not progress and does not disappear on its own (does not repigment).
Treatment nepigimentnogo nevus is not carried out.
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