Melanosis of the areola

Five patients with melanosis of the nipple and areola clinically mimicking melanoma

“…Melanosis would appear to be the rarest of these three entities. A PubMed search found only six cases of melanosis of the nipple and the areola to the end of 2012 . However, we report five further cases presenting to a single dermatology department in a 26‐month period.…”

Unilateral hyperpigmented lesion of the breast

“…MAN was first described by Pittis and Barber in 1990, 1 yet it is less common than genital melanosis. A PubMed search found only 11 cases of MAM by the end of 2021 2–4 .…”

Diagnostic Pitfall: Pigmented Lesion of the Nipple – Correlation between Dermoscopy, Reflectance Confocal Microscopy and Histopathology

“…Only a few cases of melanoses of the areola are reported in the literature [1,2,3]. Blum et al [3] described the dermoscopic findings in a case of melanosis of the areola.…”