Branch-shaped Cutaneous Hypopigmentation and Atrophy after Intralesional Triamcinolone Injection.

نویسندگان

  • Woo Sun Jang
  • Juhee Park
  • Kwang Ho Yoo
  • Tae Young Han
  • Kapsok Li
  • Seong Jun Seo
  • Chang Kwun Hong
چکیده

Cutaneous changes after local corticosteroid administration may include dermal atrophy, hyperpigmentation, alopecia, and hypopigmentation. Linear hypopigmentation and atrophy after intralesional injection of triamcinolone acetonide has been reported in the literature as a very rare side effect. A 30-year-old woman visited our dermatology department for a linear hypopigmented patch with atrophy from her left foot to the lower margin of the knee. The lesion developed after injection of an intralesional corticosteroid. The patient was diagnosed with linear hypopigmentation and atrophy secondary to the triamcinolone injection.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of dermatology

دوره 23 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011