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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

lupus erythematosus, discoid scar hyperpigmentation, post inflammatory hypopigmentation, postinflammatory

Body Site

back scalp

Age

18 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

brown white/hypo

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This adolescent had widespread discoid lupus erythematosus. Unfortunately she was not started on treatmetn before developing large areas of fibrosis, dyspigmentation, and scarring alopecia.

Description

depigmented symmetric atrophic fibrotic scars with hyperpigmented borders

Categories

collagen vascular disease hyperpigmentation hypopigmentation, depigmentation

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5/18/2002 18:54:57

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