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In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy in a typical case of melasma

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 87; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0365-05962012000500021

1806-4841

Mariana Carvalho Costa, Hernando Vega Eljaiek, Leonardo Spagnol Abraham, Luna Azulay‐Abulafia, Marco Ardigò,

Genetic and rare skin diseases.

Melasma is a common disorder of hypermelanosis that affects mainly young and middle-aged women of Fitzpatrick's phototypes III-V. The disease significantly impacts their lives. In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy, a spreading technology for the noninvasive evaluation of the skin up to the papillary dermis, provides real-time en face images with cellular resolution. We present a case of melasma with in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy findings closely correlated to the histopathological features described in the literature.