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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

striae distensae stretch marks

Body Site

back

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

purple

Morphology

depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

An adolescent boy was quite distressed by the transverse striae extending across his mid and lower back.

Description

atrophic transverse linear violaceous plaques

Categories

atrophy normal variants

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7/13/2002 15:33:25

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