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Frictional pigmentary dermatoses : a clinical and histopathological study of 27 cases
V G Prabhakara1, S Chandra, K D Shankar
1Departments of Dermatology, Manipal Hospital, 98 Rustom Bagh, Airport Road, Bangalore - 560017, India.
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
|October 15, 2010
Abstract:
Twenty seven patients presenting with the complaint of pigmentary changes following friction were studied. Sixteen patients showed only pigmentary changes and 11 patients showed the presence of amyloid.
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