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Image Number #2287 (Discoid lupus erythematosus)

Diagnosis: Discoid lupus erythematosus

Description: Erythematous plaque with central atrophy and depigmentation, and peripheral hyperpigmentation

Morphology: Plaque

Site: Scalp

Sex: F

Age: 35

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Shahbaz Janjua

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History: This 35-year-old woman with several years history of recurrent alopecia areata developed erythematous plaque with central atrophy and depigmentation, and peripheral hyperpigmentation over the alopecic areas.  She also had similar plaques on the nose, forehead, and preauricular areas. 

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