The Japanese Journal of Phlebology
Online ISSN : 2186-5523
Print ISSN : 0915-7395
ISSN-L : 0915-7395
Volume 18, Issue 2
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  • Hirohide Iwata, Masafumi Hirai, Takashi Ohta, Himoyuki Ishibashi, Ikuo ...
    2007 Volume 18 Issue 2 Pages 49-53
    Published: 2007
    Released on J-STAGE: June 11, 2022
    JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

    The brown pigmentation of the skin associated with varicose veins is an essential problem. Some pigmentation become faint after therapy. We measured the color of pigmentation with the use of a color chart for image recording and measuring the color using image analysis software. The brightness of mole were significantly darker than that of pigmentation after sclerotherapy and that of pigmentation caused by varicose veins (p<0.01). These data showed that postsclerotherapy hyperpigmentation and the pigmentation associated with varicose veins are mixed nature, both hemosiderinic and melaninic.

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