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Brown skin colour is most often due to melanin, a protein produced in the epidermis by melanocytes. Various dermopathies have characteristic patterns of pigmentation.
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Name this/these brown-coloured skin patch/es.
Lichen aureus
Describe the condition
Not all pigment is melanin. Haemosiderin deposition following purpura may also result in brown marks. Its golden hue gives rise to the name lichen aureus, a pigmented purpuric dermatosis (capillaritis) associated with venous disease.
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