Linear hypopigmentation after triamcinolone injection: A rare complication of a common procedure

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-119

  Nanda, V ^a,b   Alam Parwaz, M ^a   Handa, S ^a  

^a Departments of Plastic Surgery and Dermatology   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scars; Keloids; Linear hypopigmentation; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFECTION; KELOID; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ATROPHY; TENDON RUPTURE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; TRIAMCINOLONE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 32144444314     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-0131-z     Document Type: Article

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