PseudoleukodermI73.1
Synonym(s)
Pseudoleucoderma angiospasticum
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Circumscribed white spotting of the skin due to vascular spasms, which can resemble a real leukoderm. Diascopically, however, a depigmentation can be excluded.
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Spasm of the superficial arterioles.
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Mainly occurring in vegetatively unstable patients, but also in healthy people. Increased in smokers.
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Located on the palms of the hands, forearms or glutaeas.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Bizarre, whitish patch of skin, similar to a leukoderm.
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Causal therapies are not known. Hydrotherapeutic measures (minor hydrotherapy) with washes, rubs and dry brushings, rising partial baths (forearm and foot baths), alternating warm foot and hand baths, cold casts, treading water, are in the foreground.