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Fig. 30.1 Upper panel reveals a young woman with type IV skin and confluent brownish, depressed, smooth patches characteristic of atrophoderma. Lower panel reveals a woman with type V skin…

Fig. 31.1 Upper panel reveals a young woman who presented with acute generalized photo-induced erythema, acral vasculopathy of the fingers and toes, oral erosions, and proteinuria, all features of systemic…

Fig. 29.1 Upper panel demonstrates a young woman with progressive macular hypomelanosis. Note the multiple smooth hypopigmented macules. Lower panel demonstrated an African–American woman with extensive minimally finely scaly hypopigmented…

Fig. 28.1 Upper panel illustrates a young woman who reported short-lived eruption secondary to sun exposure. She was asked to reproduce the eruption before the next visit. Histological examination confirmed…

Fig. 27.1 Upper panel demonstrates an old woman with long history of generalized pruritus suspected to be psychogenic. Direct immunofluorescence examination confirmed the diagnosis of pemphigoid presenting as generalized pruritus….

Fig. 26.1 Upper panel illustrates an old woman with “exfoliative dermatitis” involving the whole skin surface including the face. The eruption was resistant to topical and systemic steroids. Histological evaluation…

Fig. 24.1 Upper panel demonstrates a young African–American woman with palmoplantar discoid lupus erythematosus. Note the loss of pigmentation, erythema, and hyperkeratosis at the center and hyperpigmentation at the periphery….

Fig. 25.1 Upper panel represents a 20-year-old man with pemphigus vulgaris who was in remission on immunosuppressive therapy and presented with a “flare of his disease.” Histological evaluation confirmed the…

Fig. 23.1 Upper panel shows an HIV-positive man with hyperpigmented macules and several scattered pustules, many at the borders of the macules. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of eosinophilic folliculitis….

Fig. 22.1 Upper panel shows an elderly man with chronic painful ulcer over the lower medial ankle with histological findings of hyalinizing vasculitis. Note the surrounding atrophy, whitish discoloration, and…