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Bullous prurigo pigmentosa and diabetes Volume 8, numéro 6, September 1998

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Department of Dermatology School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
  • Page(s) : 439-41
  • Année de parution : 1998

Prurigo pigmentosa (PP) is a type of inflammatory dermatosis characterized by pruritic, reddish, papular lesions that usually resolve while leaving gross reticular pigmentation [1]. More than 300 cases have been reported in Japan [2], and most such lesions are characterized by recurrent pruritic erythematous papules that resolve, leaving a peculiar, reticulate hyperpigmentation. In severe cases, however, they may also form edematous [...]