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Macular amylodosis
Patient age 23 yrs
Female
History of jaundice 2 years back
After that pigmantation on neck , back,arm seen
Cunsulted dermatologist for pigmentation doctor Diagnose as macular amylodosis by dermatologist 2 years after jaundice
Habit of using nylon brush while taking bath
No history of eatching
Any investigation is required to know for any systemic involvement
Is there macular amylodosis is progress to systemic amylodosis
No other medicine or disease is there.
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Dr. Sharath Kumar K N
General Physician
3 yrs exp
Mandya
Hello, Macular amyloidosis: A skin condition caused by abnormal deposits of amyloid in the skin. Skin lesions usually occur on the chest, between the shoulder blades and sometimes the arms Flat discoloured skin spots, merging of skin spots to form patches, patches of darkened skin. Constant friction with nylon material like brush can cause this, avoid it, there are both medical line of treatment and laser treatment are available for this consult your dermatologist for that, while systemic testing can be done with tissue sampling (of particular organ), let it be symptom based.
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Dr. Jolly Shah Kapadia
Dermatologist
25 yrs exp
Mumbai
Macular Amyloidosis is local deposition of amyloid in skin due to friction. It generally doesnt progress to systemic amyloidosis. Dr. Jolly Shah DNB Dermatology Skin Nurture Clinics Mumbai.
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