Ramirez' syndrome

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An acquired skin disease characterized by ash-coloured spot shaped macules of various sizes with shading of greyish pigment, usually found on the scalp, palms, buttocks and extremities.

Description

An acquired skin disease characterized by ash-coloured spot shaped macules of various sizes with shading of greyish pigment, usually found on the scalp, palms, buttocks and extremities.

First described by Oswaldo Ramirez Cienfuegos in 1952.

Bibliography

  • Oswaldo Ramirez:
    Los cenicientos: problema clinico.
    Report of the First Central American Congress of Dermatology, 1957, pp 122-130. San Salvador.
  • The ashy dermatosis (erythema dyschromicum perstans) - epidemiological study and report of 139 cases.
    Cutis, New York, 1967, 3: 244-247.
  • A. E. Rodin, J. D. Key:
    Encyclopedia of medical eponyms derived from literary characters.
    Melbourne, FLorida, Kirger, 1989.

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