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Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria may be successfully controlled by topical sunscreen Volume 28, numéro 6, November-December 2018

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1 Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan
2 Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan

Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria (DSH) is caused by a heterozygous ADAR1 mutation [1] and is characterized by a mixture of hyper- and hypo-pigmented small macules on the extremities. No satisfactory causal treatments have been developed. Here, we report a patient with DSH whose skin lesions were successfully controlled by topical sunscreen.The proband was a five-year-old Japanese girl. Dyschromatosis had been recognized on the dorsal hands from two years of age and had extended to the upper [...]