Milium, Scar, Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

milium scar epidermolysis bullosa acquisita

Body Site

hand finger

Age

13 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

At an examination 3 months after starting a tapering course of oral steroids, this 13 year old girl with extensive epidermolysis bullosa acquisita associated with systemic lupus erythematosus appeared well without active skin lesions. Skin lesions resolved with residual hyperpigmentation on her arms and legs and diffuse milia on the tops of her hands and fingers.

Description

smooth topped 1-3 mm white papules, some confluent

Image Added

9/28/2002 19:22:47

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