J Korean Rheum Assoc.  2009 Jun;16(2):167-169. 10.4078/jkra.2009.16.2.167.

Localized Cutaneous Sclerosis Presenting as Whitish Guttate Spots

• Choi WJ
• Lee CW

• KMID: 2202134
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4078/jkra.2009.16.2.167

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Sclerosis

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Localized ill-defined whitish-brown sclerotic patches on the right neck.

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  Fig 2. Biopsy specimen showing pigment incontinence and sclerotic collagen bundles with atrophy of the eccrine glands (H&E, ×40).

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  Fig. 3. Localized whitish-yellow confluent and guttated sclerotic plaque and patches on the lower back.

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  Fig. 4. Loss of epidermal melanocyte (with some melano-phages) and closely packed collagen bundles, with entrapped skin appendages are observed (H&E, ×40).

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