macular amyloidosis

macular amyloidosis
a type of amyloidosis affecting the skin, more common among dark-skinned individuals, characterized by ill-defined, sometimes pruritic gray to brown macules, usually on the upper back and sometimes on the breasts, buttocks, arms, ankles, and thighs.

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