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Howard Pride, MD

Diagnosis

erythema ab igne

Body Site

thigh

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

reticulated

Color

brown

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This adolescent girl developed a unilateral brown reticulated patch on her right thigh after 3 weeks of resting her laptop on this area for hours each day. She was advised to protect her skin from heat generated by the laptop battery.

Description

unilateral reticulated hyperpigmented patch

Categories

environmental injury reactive erythema hyperpigmentation

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6/7/2010 22:42:11

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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