Sunday, 19 July 2015

CASE 325: STRETCH MARKS SKIN, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

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Boy 15 yo, history of  treated  high dosage  corticoid  due to uveitis;  2 years later  detected  many  scars  over  skin  at abdomen, leg, arm, back ( foto).

Ultrasound  of skin abdomen  shows  that  skin thin  and  hyperechoic, soft elasoscan ( see  US pictures 1,2,3,4).






Conclusion: It is  stretch marks skin due to  overuse  corticoid  which  destructed elastic fibers  in  derma layer of the skin.

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Cases  of  skin stretch marks.




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