Idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation with papillomatosis: An unfamiliar entity

Idiopathic eruptive macular pigmentation in an Indian male

“…[ 7 ] Emphasis has been laid on the histological presence of pigmented papillomatosis to be a diagnostic criteria for IEMP [ Table 1 ]. [ 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ]…”

Idiopathic Eruptive Macular Pigmentation: A Rare and an Under-reported Entity

“…IEMP is a rare under-reported skin disorder which is now regarded as the clinical reminiscent of acanthosis nigricans lesions [5][6][7]. After careful review of the pertinent literature till date, less than 50 cases of IEMP have been documented worldwide with handful of them being reported from India [1,5,6,[8][9][10][11][12]. The largest series of 10 cases has been published by Jang KA et al from Korea [13].…”