Hyperpigmentation, post-inflammatory. Chronic stationary, multiple, disseminated or confluent, brown-red or brownish smooth spots on the lower legs of a 26-year-old patient. The spots have developed over a longer period of time from brown-red, verrucous plaques that had developed as part of a lichen planus verrucosus.
Hyperpigmentation, postinflammatory. overview image: Chronic stationary, multiple, disseminated or confluent, brown-red or brownish smooth spots on the lower legs of a 26-year-old patient. The spots developed over a longer period of time from brown-red, verrucous plaques that had developed in the context of a lichen planus verrucosus.
Purpura jaune d'ocre. multiple, symptomless, reddish-brown to brown-black spots of varying size localized on lower legs and back of the foot. known chronic venous insufficiency with recurrent swelling of lower legs and back of the foot.
dermatitis, phototoxic. stage of healing. solitary, acute, localised, linear, about 30 cm long, sharply defined, initially itchy, now symptom-free, rough, slightly scaly, red plaque. appears after contact with a reed plant when bathing at the lake.
Purpura jaune d'ocre. extensive hyperpigmentation with single congestive hemorrhages (Purpura jaune d'ocre) in the area of the right lower leg in case of a previously known CVI. In addition, there is a short-term, extensive redness (erysipelas) extending from the calf to the knee as well as fever, chills and lymphadenitis.
Purpura eczematide-like purpura: non-symptomatic (no itching) eczema-like disease that has been recurrent for months in a completely healthy patient (no history of medication).
Purpura pigmentosa progressiva: aetiologically unexplained (medication?) pronounced clinical picture that has been changing for several months with symmetrically distributed, disseminated, non-itching, yellow-brown, spots (detailed picture).
Purpura jaune d'ocre: multiple, chronically stationary, proximally disseminated and blurred, distally confluent, symptom-free, light to dark brown, rough, scaly spots of varying intensity, located on the distal lower legs; detectable chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).
Purpura pigmentosa progressiva. incident light microscopy, blurred, yellow-brownish spots (star), in addition to punctiform, fresh bleeding (horizontal arrow) also older brown-reddish spots already in decomposition (vertical arrow). line pattern: traced skin line pattern of the skin of the lower leg
Urticaria pigmentosa: same patient as before. 4 years later.Differently sized, disseminated, flat, oval or round, brownish-red spots on trunk, buttocks and thighs; 52-year-old female patient. Continuous proliferation of spots for years. No evidence of systemic infestation.
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