Spot Dx — What’s behind these shin spots?

Gerald is a 52-year-old IT technician who presents with a six-month history of otherwise asymptomatic pigmented spots on his shins.

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Dr Kate Kelso is a GP and medical editor at Australian Doctor.

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Photo reproduced from The BMJ, Iversen L, Bygum A. 363:k4882, 2018, with permission from BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.