Atrophia Maculosa Varioliformis Cutis (AMVC) is an idiopathic noninflammatory macular atrophy subtype that affects young people.
[2] There have been reports of extrafacial involvement, such as lesions on the forearm, posterior aspect of the pinna, and periumbilical area.
[2] Although the exact cause of AMVC is unknown, a familial occurrence that has been documented in the past raises the possibility that the condition is inherited rather than the result of an environmental insult.
[6][7] Patients with facial atrophic lesions with well-defined edges and no erythema, induration, pigmentary changes, or honeycombed pattern are typically diagnosed with AMVC primarily based on clinical findings.
With a comparatively normal dermis, a small reduction in or fragmentation of the elastic fibers, no fibrosis, and little to no inflammation beneath the shallow depression of the epidermis, the histological features are nonspecific.