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Leon Goldman, MD; Nathan Abrams, MD
Cincinnati

John Goldman, MD
Atlanta

Arch Dermatol. 1981;117(10):605.

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To the Editor.—

The development of potent topical corticosteroids and occlusive dressing techniques has resulted in less frequent use of intralesional and sublesional adrenal steroid injections in dermatology.¹ However, this injection technique is often necessary for resistant or deep-set lesions. Intra-articular injections are also used frequently in rheumatology, and often a series of such injections is given.

The reactions after local injections of corticosteroid suspensions have been reviewed in detail. Atrophy is not uncommon. Perilymphatic skin atrophy after intra-articular injections into the knees was found in an elderly woman with classic rheumatoid arthritis.² Linear atrophy has occurred after injections into various tissues, and hypopigmentation has been associated with such atrophy. Howev- er, the elderly woman mentioned² was apparently the first to show a linear reaction after injections deep into a joint cavity. To our knowledge, the reaction of linear leukoderma after local corticosteroid injection has not been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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