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Erythema Ab Igne

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•AKA heat-induced circumscribed dermal melanosis
•heating pad, radiator, fire place, or laptop computer
•reticulate erythema with or without hyperpigmentation
•legs and buttocks especially
•histology:  epidermal atypism, increased elastic fibers (but different from solar elastosis because seen only with elastic stain, not with H&E), ectasias, melanin incontinence
•sometimes SCC arises