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Bleomycin-induced hyperpigmentation

A drug side effect causing distinctive, linear, whip-like (flagellate) streaks of hyperpigmentation on the trunk after scratching.

Incontinentia pigmenti

The third stage of this genetic disorder is characterized by a distinctive pattern of hyperpigmentation in swirling, whorled, or linear streaks that follow Blaschko's lines.

Linear and whorled naevoid hypermelanosis

A benign condition with streaks and swirls of hyperpigmentation following Blaschko's lines, without the preceding inflammatory stages of incontinentia pigmenti.

Pigmentary demarcation lines

Normal variants of pigmentation appearing as abrupt lines separating areas of darker and lighter skin, often on the limbs or chest.

Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation

Darkening of the skin that occurs after any linear inflammatory process has resolved, such as a scratch or phytophotodermatitis.

Shitake mushroom dermatitis

A rare reaction to eating shiitake mushrooms causing a distinctive, intensely pruritic, whip-like (flagellate) linear erythematous eruption that becomes hyperpigmented.

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