Hyperpigmentation, Post Inflammatory, Hyperpigmentation, Varicella, Chicken Pox - DermAtlas

Contributor

Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

hyperpigmentation, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation varicella chicken pox

Body Site

total body back

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

scattered confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant) generalized, disseminated

Comments

This healthy 9-year-old boy developed dark spots on his trunk after his chicken pox eruption resolved. His father scratched his skin with sand to relieve the itching during the acute infection.

Description

symmetric widespread 0.5-2 cm hyperpigmented patches with confluence in some areas

Image Added

11/13/2004 17:13:58

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