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Jayakar Thomas, MD. PhD

Diagnosis

stretch marks striae distensae

Body Site

thigh knee

Age

15 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

linear

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A healthy 15-year-old girl developed stretch marks on her thighs. These lesions are common adolescents and usually improve or resolve without treatment in later adolescence or youg adulthood.

Description

linear atrophic hypopigmented plaques

Categories

atrophy normal variants

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11/30/2003 19:05:03

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