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Terra firma-forme dermatosis: Differential diagnosis and response to salicylic acid therapy
Efstratios Vakirlis1, Grigorios Theodosiou1, Aimilios Lallas1
1First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Abstract:
Terra firma-forme dermatosis (TFFD), first described by Duncan in 1987, is a relatively common but probably underdiagnosed condition, characterized by a reticular hyperpigmented dirtlike eruption resistant to washing with common soap but typically removed with rubbing with 70% isopropyl alcohol. We present a case of TFFD in an 8-year-old boy with rapid response to 5% salicylic acid in petrolatum ointment.
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