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Eric Ehrsam, MD

Diagnosis

erythema ab igne

Body Site

back buttock

Age

72 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

reticulated

Color

purple brown

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This elderly woman used to sit next an electric heater, and after a year she developed a reticulated eruption on her right buttock and flank.

Description

reticulated violaceous patch

Categories

environmental injury reactive erythema

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4/5/2006 23:02:42

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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