91.8% of the patients with physiologic volar melanotic macules were Black. Women vs. men were also more likely to have the condition with a ratio of 2.5:1. Physiologic volar melanotic macules ...

A baby aged 11 months presented with hypopigmented macules on his cheeks. The lesions did not glow white on exposure to a Wood’s lamp. The baby had a family history of atopy, but he did not appear to ...

This was the major contribution of Robert Willan (1757-1812) who laid the cornerstone for modern dermatology by delineating such basic terms as papules and macules and providing concrete definitions.