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A 20 year old male presented with multiple asymptomatic hyperpigmented macules since first year of life without any systemic complaints. Based on clinical information diagnosis of Café au lait macules (CALM) was made. CALMs are localized epidermal melanocytic flat lesions, named after their typical coffee-and-milk hue. It can be notice in any body part, incidence being 5% among caucasians. CALM lesions are fairly well demarcated, light to dark brown hyperpigmented macules, size varying from 2 mm to 20 cm, usually a clinical diagnosis, solitary lesions can be a simple benign birthmark, but multiple lesions should alarm us to look for systemic associations like neurofibromatosis, Mc-cune Albright syndrome. The most common type of café ua lait macule is light brown pigmented macule, has fairly regular and clearly demarcated margins (“coast of California”). There is a second, less frequent type of CALM that has a much more irregular margin (“coast of Maine”). It is a clinical diagnosis. Treatment solely based on patient’s need, simple reassurance is the usual approach followed, if cosmetically disfiguring then different options tried are Q switched ND: YAG laser, Q-switched ruby laser, Q-switched alexandrite laser, erbium-doped YAG, and pulsed-dye laser.
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Kumar, P. (2020). 20 Years Old Male with Multiple Hyperpigmented Macules on Trunk. In: Kothiwala, S., Kumar Tiwary, A., Kumar, P. (eds) Clinical Cases in Disorders of Melanocytes. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22757-9_5
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