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Case Number : Case 1425- 9 December Posted By: Guest

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Case History: 75-year-old male with rash on bilateral arms for one to two years that is asymptomatic, sparing proximal extremities, with hyperpigmented, gray, circular coalescing patches with slight fine scale and some mild clearing at the borders of the lesions.

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Raul Perret

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Erythema dyschromicum perstans (ashy dermatosis). Lichen planus pigmentosus and pinta if the clinical setting is propitious should be considered as differentials.

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The clinical description is odd. The location is on sun exposed skin (sparing proximal extremities), so this pigmentation may be secondary to photoallergic drug reaction. Some special stains and clinical history of use of medications could help.

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Raul Perret

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Cutaneous hyperpigmentation induced by omeprazole mimicking ashy dermatosis.

M Ramírez-Hernández,*† JA Martínez-Escribano,‡ E Martínez-Barba,§ LA Alcolea-Rubio,¶ IJ Ibarra-Berrocal¶

 

-agree with importance of CPC. Reviewing image 4 there is a high civatte body so could be drugs.

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biswanath behera

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With history of coalescing gray circular patch, fine scaling, single focus of dyskeratosis, and pigmentary incontinence- thinking of Drug induced erythema dyschromicum perstans

 

Or recurrent fixed drug eruption with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation??

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vincenzo polizzi

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What about a pigmented actinic keratosis?

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