Lupus erythematodes chronicus discoides. 5 years of persistent recurrent skin changes in a 25-year-old girl, despite disease-adapted therapy measures. Large flat, soft-red plaque (with still preserved follicles). Conspicuous (re-)pigmentation within a few weeks in the lesional skin (which was hypopigmented before).
Hyperpigmentation, post-inflammatory. multiple, on both cheeks localized, chronically stationary, laminar, no longer increasing, circumscribed brown discoloration of the skin. Occurs following severe contact dermatitis with frequent use of cosmetics despite existing type 4 sensitization to fragrances.
chloasma/melasma. blurred, partly flat, partly also net-like or splatter-like yellow-brown spots. clear increase of pigmentation differences in spring. decrease, but not complete disappearance in winter
Lentigo maligna melanoma. overview image: 1.2 x 0.5 cm (inconspicuous), brown lentigo maligna melanoma on the right cheek in a 70-year-old patient. TD 0.4 mm, Clark level II, pT1a N0M0, stage Ia according to AJCC 2002, no regression signs.
Argyrie: diffuse, completely symptom-free brown coloration of the facial areas in the area of exposed areas, which does not recede even in the winter months.
Chloasma. bizarre, mask-like, linear, reticulated or even splatter-like brown-yellow hyperpigmentations, which appear especially after (already minimal) exposure to sunlight. ovulation inhibitor already discontinued for > 1 year
Thomson's syndrome. bilateral raparification of the eyebrows and eyelashes in a 59-year-old woman with Thomson's syndrome. Furthermore, cross-linked telangiectasias, confluent pigmentation spots and well definable depigmentation on both cheeks.
Nevus, melanocytic, congenital. since birth existing, well defined, bizarrely configured, sharply limited, light brown (in the cranial part) to strongly brown (in the middle and lower part) spot on the face of an 11-year-old boy.
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