PseudoleukodermI73.1

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 27.01.2022

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Pseudoleucoderma angiospasticum

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Circumscribed white spotting of the skin due to vascular spasms, which can resemble a real leukoderm. Diascopically, however, a depigmentation can be excluded.

EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.

Spasm of the superficial arterioles.

ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.

Mainly occurring in vegetatively unstable patients, but also in healthy people. Increased in smokers.

LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.

Located on the palms of the hands, forearms or glutaeas.

Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.

Bizarre, whitish patch of skin, similar to a leukoderm.

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

Causal therapies are not known. Hydrotherapeutic measures (minor hydrotherapy) with washes, rubs and dry brushings, rising partial baths (forearm and foot baths), alternating warm foot and hand baths, cold casts, treading water, are in the foreground.

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Last updated on: 27.01.2022