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Acral Milia-Like Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis in a Child with Down Syndrome: Report of a Case, Review of the Literature, and Description of Dermoscopic Findings

  1. GARY N. FOX M.D.1,
  2. DAVID A. MEHREGAN M.D.2,
  3. MARLA N. JABLONOWSKI M.D.2

Article first published online: 26 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01673.x

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FOX, G. N., MEHREGAN, D. A. and JABLONOWSKI, M. N. (2012), Acral Milia-Like Idiopathic Calcinosis Cutis in a Child with Down Syndrome: Report of a Case, Review of the Literature, and Description of Dermoscopic Findings. Pediatric Dermatology. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01673.x

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  1. 1

    Defiance Clinic, Defiance, Ohio

  2. 2

    Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

*Address correspondence to: Gary N. Fox, M.D., Defiance Clinic, 1400 E 2nd St, Defiance, OH 43512, or e-mail: foxgary@yahoo.com.

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  1. Article first published online: 26 JAN 2012

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Abstract:  Milia-like idiopathic calcinosis cutis (MICC) is a rare dermopathy, usually occurring in children with Down syndrome. We report a case of an 8-year-old girl with Down syndrome who presented with histologically verified MICC, briefly review the literature on MICC, discuss the differential diagnosis, and describe the use of dermoscopy in the evaluation of lesions, which we believe has never been published previously with this entity.

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