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A 40-year-old woman presented with progressive diffuse symmetric spotted hypopigmentation on non-atrophic hypopigmented macules, that appeared firstly on the face, developing over 4 years. The lesion was mildly itchy, but no pain. Patient had no history of significant medical problems or disease. She denied using any long-term medications, topical creams, or preparations before the onset of the skin changes (Figs. 28.1 and 28.2).
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Doanh, L.H., Van Thuong, N., Tirant, M. (2020). A Woman with Progressive Diffuse Symmetric Hyper and Hypopigmentation. In: Lotti, T., Tirant, M., Parsad, D. (eds) Clinical Cases in Pigmentary Disorders. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50823-4_28
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