Reticulate hyperpigmented scleroderma: a new pigmentary manifestation.
Scleroderma is a systemic disease with a myriad of cutaneous manifestations. Pigmentary disturbances have been described in scleroderma. While diffuse generalized hyperpigmentation and localized hypopigmentation with perifollicular hyper-pigmentation are well recognized, a vascular induced hyperpigmentation has only been recently described. In this paper, we report another unrecognized pigmentary abnormality in a 48-year-old patient who presented with a reticulate hyper-pigmentation affecting the trunk, upper and lower limbs. To our knowledge, cutaneous hyperpigmented reticulate scleroderma has not been reported previously.
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National Skin Centre, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology