Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis Associated with Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome

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YILDIZ F., Tas D. A., AÇIKALIN A., Karakas T., Kalyoncu U., ERKEN E.

INTERNAL MEDICINE, vol.52, no.11, pp.1255-1257, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.0028
  • Journal Name: INTERNAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1255-1257
  • Çukurova University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Pigmented purpuric dermatosis (PPD) is a group of chronic disorders characterized by the extravasation of erythrocytes and marked hemosiderin deposits in the dermis. Schamberg disease is a subtype of pigmented purpuric dermatosis in which nonpalpable purpura is prominent on the lower extremities. No cases of primary antiphospholipid syndrome and pigmented purpuric dermatosis have so far been reported in the literature. We herein report a case of pigmented purpuric dermatosis associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.