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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

bite, insect papular urticaria

Body Site

leg shin

Age

10 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

linear

Color

brown white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 10 year old girl complained of itchy red papules on her shins that recurred each spring. Old papules healed with hyperpigmentation. Fresh lesions had central crusts. Note the linear groupings that suggest multiple bites by the same organism.

Description

hypopigmented papules with hyperpigmented borders, some with central crusts

Categories

hyperpigmentation hypopigmentation, depigmentation

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7/28/2002 21:09:43

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