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This acquired excess of pigment can be attributed to various preceding disease processes that affect the skin such as infections, allergic reactions, mechanical injuries, reactions to medications, phototoxic eruptions, trauma-like burning, and inflammatory diseases. This frequently follows lichen planus or lichen sclerosus in which the pigmentation may be persistent. It can develop on scars (obstetrical, gynecological).
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Ronger Savle, S. (2019). Postinflammatory Hyperpigmentation. In: Bornstein, J. (eds) Vulvar Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61621-6_38
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