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Case Report Leg ulcers due to hyperhomocysteinemia
Chronic leg ulcers are rare in young adults and generally indicate a vascular cause. We report a case of a 26-year-old man with leg ulcers of eight months duration. Doppler study indicated venous incompetence and a postphlebitic limb. However, as the distribution and number of ulcers was not consistent with stasis alone and no features of collagen vascular disease were noted, a hyperviscosity s...
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BACKGROUND Large leg ulcers (LLU) may complicate autoimmune diseases. They pose a therapeutic challenge and are often resistant to treatment. To report three cases of autoimmune diseases complicated with LLU. CASE REPORT Case 1. A 55-year old woman presented with long-standing painful LLU due to mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD). Biopsy from the ulcer edge showed small vessel vasculitis....
متن کاملRecurrent leg ulcers in a young man with hyperhomocysteinemia, factor V Leiden and impaired fibrinolysis.
We present a young male patient referred to our hospital with leg ulcers on both legs that were more than 3 years refractory to standard treatment with compression therapy. By thrombophilia screening factor V Leiden mutation, hyperhomocysteinemia and evidence for impaired fibrinolysis were found. Treatment with folic acid in combination with long-term oral anticoagulant therapy was added to non...
متن کاملVenous Leg Ulcers
Venous ulcers are usually large, shallow, painless and situated around the medial or lateral malleoli. They are associated with other signs of venous hypertension such as varicose veins, varicose eczema, haemosiderin pigmentation, atrophie blanche and venous flare. Oedema of the lower leg may be present and chronic venous stasis can lead to warty hyperplasia of the skin or thickening of the sub...
متن کاملVenous Leg Ulcers
Venous ulcers are usually large, shallow, painless and situated around the medial or lateral malleoli. They are associated with other signs of venous hypertension such as varicose veins, varicose eczema, haemosiderin pigmentation, atrophie blanche and venous flare. Oedema of the lower leg may be present and chronic venous stasis can lead to warty hyperplasia of the skin or thickening of the sub...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.27755