Case |
Year of publication |
Age |
Gender |
Nationality |
Duration of exposure |
Daily use of laptop |
Location of the lesion |
Description of the lesion |
References |
1 |
2004 |
50 |
Male |
Not reported |
2 weeks |
considerable amount
of time each day |
The left anterior thigh |
well-defined,
brown, mildly erythematous, reticulated patch |
10 |
2 |
2004 |
48 |
Female |
Dutch |
Not reported |
Not reported |
The right
thigh more than the left. |
patchy reticulate pigmentation |
11 |
3 |
2006 |
17 |
Female |
French |
1 year |
6-8 hours |
The front of the thighs, more pronounced on the
left thigh |
patchy reticulated mildly erythematous to brownish lesions, non blanchable |
12 |
4 |
2007 |
26 |
Female |
Indian-American |
Not reported |
6 hours |
right thigh |
patch of reticulated hyperpigmentation |
13 |
5 |
2007 |
40 |
Female |
American |
Not reported |
Not reported |
The thighs |
reddish-brown, reticulated eruption |
14 |
6 |
2009 |
26 |
Male |
French |
Not reported |
several hours every day |
The anterior aspect of the
right thigh, more discrete on the left thigh |
reticular and macular,
brown pigmentation, fixed, nonmigrating,
and not blanchable. |
15 |
7 |
2009 |
25 |
Female |
French |
6 months |
6 hours |
The front two legs, predominantly on the left thigh |
asymmetrical, discrete erythematous lesions initially, having evolved into a fixed pigmentation, painless, non-itchy. |
16 |
8 |
2009 |
21 |
Male |
Turkish |
3 months |
Not reported |
The left thigh |
reticulated, dark reddish brown
pigmented patch with an undefined border |
17 |
9 |
2010 |
15 |
Male |
American |
Several months |
daily |
both thighs, but more pronounced on the left. |
a livedo reticulares-like eruption |
18 |
10 |
2010 |
17 |
Female |
Italian |
1 year |
Not reported |
the left anterior
thigh |
brown, reticular, nonblanchable
cutis marmorata with burning and
itching |
19 |
11 |
2010 |
9 |
Male |
Swedish |
Not reported |
Not reported |
The left thigh |
Reticular hyperpigmentation |
20 |
12 |
2010 |
12 |
Male |
Swiss |
Not reported |
several hours per day |
left upper thigh only |
well defined, brownish-pigmented, reticulate, livedolike
lesion, mildly erythematous with telangiectasias |
21 |
13 |
2010 |
20 |
Female |
Canadian |
longstanding |
daily |
The front of the thighs |
pigmentation in a
net-like distribution |
22 |
14 |
2011 |
12 |
Female |
Brazilian |
11 months |
several hours |
the anterior surface of the
both thighs, but more visible
on the dorsal surface of the right thigh |
20-cm brownish
macules
with mild erythema along the edges.
The lesion was affecting both thighs, but was more visible
on the dorsal surface of the right thigh |
23 |
15 |
2011 |
18 |
Female |
Not reported |
Not reported |
frequently |
The left breast, mainly over the upper medial quadrant |
8*6-cm area of reticulated, brownish, macular pigmentation on a background of faint dusky erythema |
24 |
16 |
2011 |
24 |
Female |
Canadian |
9 months |
Not reported |
The anterolateral aspect of the thighs |
reticulated, erythematous to dull brownpattern |
25 |
17 |
2012 |
20 |
Male |
Indian |
2 years |
2 to 3 hours |
one side of the abdomen |
diffuse reticular brownish hyperpigmentation |
26 |
18 |
2012 |
16 |
Male |
Canadian |
Not reported |
on a daily
basis |
Mid of the left thigh and
progressed upwards toward the groin. |
patch diffusely hyperpigmented,
reticulate, and morbilliform violaceous-brown
with minimal scaliness, warm to touch. |
27 |
19 |
2012 |
20 |
Female |
Spanish |
Not reported |
several hours a day |
The anterior aspect of
the left thigh |
reticulated hyperpigmented macule with
poorly defined borders |
28 |
20 |
2012 |
24 |
Male |
Spanish |
Not reported |
Not reported |
The anterior aspect of the left thigh |
hyperpigmented macule with ill-deļ¬ned borders |
28 |
21 |
2012 |
21 |
Female |
Not reported |
2 years |
Not reported |
lower legs more pronounced on the left |
net-like Hyperpigmented, reticulated lesions |
2 |
22 |
2013 |
36 |
Female |
German |
18 months |
1 hour |
the anterior aspect of both thighs |
reticulated, reddish-brown macules with an ill-defined border |
29 |