Adv Biomed Res. 2013 Mar 06;2:28. doi: 10.4103/2277-9175.107996. eCollection 2013.

Colloid milium.

Advanced biomedical research

Amir Hossein Siadat, Fatemeh Mokhtari

PMID: 23977656 PMCID: PMC3748639 DOI: 10.4103/2277-9175.107996

Abstract

Colloid milium is a rare cutaneous condition with at least three distinct subtypes, characterized clinically by the development of yellowish translucent papules or plaques on sun-exposed skin, and histologically by the presence of colloid in the dermal papillae. In this case report, we present a man with multiple small papules on dorsum of his hands that in pathology confirmed to be colloid milium. Colloid milium is more commonly observed in fair-skin patients and remain unchanged; however our patient had dark skin type (Fitzpatrick skin type III) and lesions were increasing in summer and decreasing in winter.

Keywords: Adult; biopsy; colloid; hand; male; milium; skin disease/pathology

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