Pigmentary Changes That Developed During PregnancyPigmentary Changes That Developed During Pregnancy—CasePigmentary Changes That Developed During Pregnancy—Diagnosis

A Black woman of Hispanic ethnicity with a history of hypertension, obesity, and headaches had symmetrically distributed, well-demarcated hyperpigmented lines that had developed during pregnancy and that extended from her buttocks to the lower extremities; physical examination was otherwise unremarkable. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

Corresponding Author: Avrom S. Caplan, MD, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 240 E 38th St, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016 (avrom.caplan@nyulangone.org).

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