• An Bras Dermatol · Sep 2015

    Case Reports

    Hypopigmented macules of the limbs in two sisters: report on familial Bier spots.

    • Giuseppe Stinco, Enzo Errichetti, and Pasquale Patrone.
    • University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
    • An Bras Dermatol. 2015 Sep 1; 90 (5): 738-9.

    AbstractBier spots are asymptomatic, small, irregular, hypopigmented macules characterized by a normal histological appearance, which are usually found on the arms and legs of young adults. We describe the simultaneous presence of Bier spots in two siblings. This finding is unusual since, to the best of our knowledge, concurrent familial cases have never been reported in the literature.

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