Pasini-Pierini atrophoderma

Pasini-Pierini atrophoderma
atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini a condition most often seen on the backs of young women, characterized by soft, blue, brown, or violet atrophic plaques with central induration, resembling lesions of the late stages of morphea. The etiology is unknown, and it usually resolves spontaneously in a few months to years. Two types have been distinguished: one idiopathic and the other closely related to morphea.

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