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Faint pink-white scar of atrophie blanche (AB-patient6)
Keywords: 66 years, Clinical image, Faint white scar, Leg, Lower calf, Scale, Scar, Vascular disorder, White scale
Atrophie blanche (white atrophy) is the name given to a particular type of scarring with ivory-white plaques accompanied by peripheral hyperpigmentation and telangiectasia. These usually occur on the lower extremities.
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