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Choi and Lee: Localized Cutaneous Sclerosis Presenting as Whitish Guttate Spots

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Fig. 1.
Localized ill-defined whitish-brown sclerotic patches on the right neck.
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Fig 2.
Biopsy specimen showing pigment incontinence and sclerotic collagen bundles with atrophy of the eccrine glands (H&E, ×40).
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Fig. 3.
Localized whitish-yellow confluent and guttated sclerotic plaque and patches on the lower back.
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Fig. 4.
Loss of epidermal melanocyte (with some melano-phages) and closely packed collagen bundles, with entrapped skin appendages are observed (H&E, ×40).
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