Dermoscopic and Reflectance Confocal Microscopic Presentations of Superficial Morphea on Preexisting Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini

Citation: Song CX, Zhang YT, Tan C.  Dermoscopic and reflectance confocal microscopy features of superficial morphea on preexisting atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini. Dermatol Pract Concept. 2022;12(2):e2022048. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1202a48

Accepted: July 28, 2021; Published: April, 2022

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Competing interests: None.

Authorship: All authors have contributed significantly to this publication.

Corresponding author: Cheng Tan, MD, Department of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 155 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing, China, 210029. Email: tancheng@yeah.net

Abstract

Keywords : morphea, atrophoderma, hyperpigmentation, hypopigmentation, dermatology

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