| Whether atrophoderma is a nonsclerotic, primarily atrophic variant of morphea or a separate distinct entity is still debated. |
| Typical lesions of morphea, lichen sclerosus, and atrophoderma have been observed to occur simultaneously in the same patient but in different areas. |
| In 1923, Pasini described a case of pigmentary atrophoderma that was both clinically and histologically unique from any known atrophy, including localized scleroderma. |
| Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini is characterized by single or multiple, sharply demarcated, gray or brown, slightly depressed, nonindurated patches of varying sizes. |
| In atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini, one observes, usually on the trunk and particularly on the back, several areas in which the skin appears slightly depressed and has a slate-gray color. |
| On the left arm and the right thigh were lesions with ambiguous appearances, in which the characteristics were between those of scleroderma and atrophoderma. |
