Physician in Training Messages: Re: Linea nigra

Re: Linea nigra

From: G.Hayes (gdhayes66@aol.com)
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:07:30 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 25 Aug 2001, smitha vijaykumar wrote: >
>I would like to know why a pregnant lady develops a pigmented line in
>the midline stretching from the xiphisternum to the symphysis pubis. I
>understand that it is due to deposition of melanin, but why only in the
>midline and not elsewhere?
>Thanking you
>Smitha ( a final year medical student)

I would like a better explanation for the appearance of Linea Nigra. I've had one at least since puberty and I have never been pregnant!

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