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Dermatología Cosmética, Médica y Quirúrgica 2012; 10 (2)

Exogenous ochronosis. ¿How often is it diagnosed or differentiated from melasma?

Vargas MF, Valdés P, Arenas R

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 143-147
PDF size: 171.16 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Melasma is a highly prevalent skin disease, and treatment is based mainly on topic hydroquinone. One of the most important complications associated with hydroquinone treatment is the “exogenous ochronosis”, a hyperpigmentation with a typical clinical pattern. There are also characteristic dermoscopic and pathological data that define this nosological entity. Diagnosis is important due to the prognostic and poor therapeutic implications.


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