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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

morphea scleroderma

Body Site

neck ear

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

Comments

A healthy 16 year old girl first developed telangiectasias on her right ear and postauricular area several years earlier. The plaque on her anterolateral neck appeared about a year later. As the telangiectasias on the ear resolved she developed atrophy and fibrosis of the ear lobe.

Description

hyperpigmented atrophic and fibrotic plaque

Categories

hyperpigmentation reactive erythema collagen vascular disease

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8/25/2001 21:32:59

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