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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug 24;192(34):E981.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.200012.

Minocycline-induced cutaneous hyperpigmentation

Lauren Shute  1 , Andrew Walkty  1 , John M Embil  2
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Case Reports

Minocycline-induced cutaneous hyperpigmentation

Lauren Shute et al. CMAJ. .
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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Minocycline-induced hyperpigmentation presenting with dark grey facial patches in an 84-year-old woman.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Partial resolution of the grey patches 3 months after discontinuation of minocycline.
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