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Erythema ab igne of the right (a) and left (b) leg induced by a space heater placed under her office chair in a 25-year-old. Compared this with another patient with a history of fibromyalgia who has more advanced lesions (c) due to sleeping on a heating pad for severe leg pain
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Erythema ab igne is a reticulated, erythematous, or hyperpigmented dermatosis that results from chronic and repeated exposure to low levels of infrared radiation in the form of heat. The advent of novel devices capable of emitting low levels of infrared radiation has diversified the presentation of this entity. Erythema ab igne is a clinical diagno...
