Circumscribed scleroderma (type Atrophodermia idiopathica et progressiva ): since about 2-3 years first appearing, since then size progressive, large brown, little indurated, non-symptomatic spots in the area of the trunk in a 23-year-old female patient.
Urticaria pigmentosa: General view: about 0.5-1.0 cm large, disseminated, roundish, brownish-red spots. Only when rubbed, the spots redden more strongly with accompanying itching. Increased reddening and itching even in warm showers or baths.
Erythema dyschromicum perstans. clinical picture existing for months. initially small spots of brown-red with little increase in consistency, later large, steel to slate grey, smooth spots and plaques of the skin. no medication history.
Notalgia paraesthetica:interval-like itching, also burning, blurredly limited hyperpigmentation, known for several months; the itching is answered by prolonged (lustful) rubbing on the edge of the door.
Urticaria pigmentosa: Close-up: about 0.5-1.0 cm in size, disseminated, oval or round, brownish-red spots; "Darier phenomenon" can be triggered; here visible by the red colour in places of slight mechanical irritation.
café-au-lait stains. reflected light microscopy: detailed view from a lesion on the thigh in a 36-year-old woman. light brown, double contoured reticulation pattern as well as intact skin field lines. no other structural features.
Pemphigoid, bullous. general view: state of healing. Disseminated, sharply defined or confluent, brownish or livid, postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in a 55-year-old female patient.
Urticaria pigmentosa: variously large, disseminated, flat, oval or round, brownish-red spots on trunk, buttocks and thighs; 27-year-old female patient. Continuous proliferation of spots for years. No evidence of systemic infestation. See findings 10 years later.
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