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. 2022 Feb;22(1):152-153.
doi: 10.18295/squmj.5.2021.078. Epub 2022 Feb 28.

Contact Vitiligo Following Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde  1 , Francisco J Navarro-Triviño  1
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Contact Vitiligo Following Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Ricardo Ruiz-Villaverde et al. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2022 Feb.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Photographs of the hands of a 45-year-old male patient showing (A) hyperkeratotic and fissured eczema on the back of both hands with skin depigmentation, (B) depigmentation on the ventral side of both wrists and (C) depigmentation of well-defined edges on the back of the hand.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Wood’s lamp examination photographs of the hands of a 45-year-old male patient showing enhancement of depigmented skin and no achromic areas, as is seen in vitiligo.
Figure 3
Figure 3
A: Haematoxylin and eosin staining showing orthokeratotic epidermis of slightly reduced thickness with a conserved ridge pattern with hypopigmentation. B: Immunostaining S100 protein at ×3 magnification showing few melanocytes at both edges of the lesion.
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