Bier spots

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Hand with multiple Bier spots

Bier spots are small, light macules usually found on the arms and legs of young adults, in which the intervening skin may seem erthematous but blanches with pressure so that these light macules disappear.[1]:863 This is a benign physiologic vascular anomaly of no significance clinically.[1]:863[2]:819–20

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-138076-0.

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