Hypopigmentation in alopecia mucinosa.
Alopecia mucinosa was found in the hypopigmented skin of two black patients. Alopecia mucinosa should be included in the differential diagnosis of hypopigmented papular skin lesions.
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Alopecia mucinosa was found in the hypopigmented skin of two black patients. Alopecia mucinosa should be included in the differential diagnosis of hypopigmented papular skin lesions.
In two black patients, squamous cell carcinoma of the lip developed within lesions of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). The association of DLE and squamous cell carcinoma is unusual in blacks, as is the anatomical site involved in these cases. Enhanced metastatic potential may be present when squamous cell carcinoma arises in DLE of the lips.
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