Multiple eruptive milia(MEM)

MedGen UID:: 83356
•Concept ID:: C0343079
•: Neoplastic Process

Synonym:	Milia, Multiple Eruptive
SNOMED CT:	Multiple eruptive milia (238749001)

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0008001
OMIM®:	157400

Definition

Multiple eruptive milia (MEM) is a rare condition in which clusters of milia (benign keratinous cysts) develop suddenly on the face and upper trunk (summary by Langley et al., 1997). [from OMIM]

Clinical features

From HPO

Milia

MedGen UID:: 87528
•Concept ID:: C0345996
•: Anatomical Abnormality

Presence of multiple small cysts containing keratin (skin protein) and presenting as tiny pearly-white bumps just under the surface of the skin.

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Abnormality of the integument
- Milia

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Multiple eruptive milia.

Fett N, Nevas J
Cutis 2013 Apr;91(4):191-2. PMID: 23763079

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Diagnosis

Idiopathic multiple eruptive milia: Report of a case in a nigerian woman.

Yahya H
Niger J Clin Pract 2018 Mar;21(3):395-396. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_43_17. PMID: 29519993

Multiple eruptive milia.

Fett N, Nevas J
Cutis 2013 Apr;91(4):191-2. PMID: 23763079

Multiple eruptive milia.

Batra P, Tsou HC, Warycha M, Votava HJ, Stein J
Dermatol Online J 2009 Aug 15;15(8):20. PMID: 19891928

Multiple eruptive milia in a 9-year-old boy.

Diba VC, Handfield-Jones S, Rytina E, Hall P, Burrows N
Pediatr Dermatol 2008 Jul-Aug;25(4):474-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00617.x. PMID: 18789092

The familial occurrence of multiple eruptive milia.

Heard MG, Horton WH, Hambrick GW Jr
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser 1971 Jun;7(8):333-7. PMID: 5173305

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