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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

dermatitis, contact allergic

Body Site

trunk abdomen

Age

10 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 10-year-old boy developed a dermatitis where belt buckles and metal snaps rubbed against the periumbilical area. Nickel avoidance and topical steroids resulted in prompt clearing of the itchy dermatitis.

Description

lichenified hyperpigmented violaceous plaque

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions environmental injury

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6/13/2003 21:02:04

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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