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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