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Reticulated white scars with enlarged central vessels due to atrophie blanche (AB-patient8)
Keywords: Background erythema, Clinical image, Dotted vessels, Female, Leg, Reticular white scarring, Scale, Vascular disorder, Yellow crust
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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