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blue atrophy

blue at·ro·phy

depressed blue atrophic scars due to injections in the skin of impure substances, as seen in narcotics addicts.
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Focal attenuation of the skin with scarring and degeneration of subdermal collagen, which imparts a bluish color, a finding associated with narcotics—e.g., heroin injection
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