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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1991; 14(1):115-117

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1991.14.1.115

Case Report

A Case of HyperKeratosis of the Areola

Jeong Won Kim, Hai Min Choi, Hong Il Kook

Copyright ⓒ 1991. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

We report a case of hyperkeratosis of the areola in 18-year-old woman. One year ago. verrucous thickening and dark brownish discoloration developed on the right areola. The patient showed no evidence of associated skin changes. either epidermal nevus or ichthyosis and had no history of estrogen therapy or pregnancy.

Histologic findings showed mild hyperkeratosis. papillomatosis. keratotic plug. elongation of rete ridge, and increased pigmentation in the basal cell layer.