Painful Retiform Purpura with Cutaneous Necrosis

نویسندگان
چکیده

منابع مشابه

Localized retiform purpura after accidental intra-arterial injection of polidocanol.

Sir, Non-inflammatory retiform (net-like or livedoid) purpura (NIRP) is a clinical pattern produced by small vessel occlusion in dermis. Several disorders such as coagulation abnormalities, cold-related gelling, microorganism vessel invasion or embolization leading to microvascular occlusion may share in common a clinical picture of localized or generalized NIRP (1). NIRP lesions are usually sh...

متن کامل

Reversible retiform purpura: a sign of cocaine use.

quent inhalational cocaine use was admitted to hospital after presenting to the emergency department with a four-month history of intermittent painful bruises (retiform purpura) involving her arms and legs, with recent ulceration of her nasal tip, ears and cheeks (Figures 1A, 2A and 3A). Previous episodes of the retiform purpura had improved spontaneously following abstinence from inhalational ...

متن کامل

Purpura, cutaneous necrosis, and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies associated with levamisole-adulterated cocaine.

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical and serologic abnormalities in 6 patients who presented with retiform purpura and extensive cutaneous necrosis after exposure to levamisole-adulterated cocaine. METHODS All patients were evaluated at San Francisco General Hospital or the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. Each underwent standard screening for substances of abuse and had u...

متن کامل

Cocaine/levamisole-induced systemic vasculitis with retiform purpura and pauci-immune glomerulonephritis.

Levamisole has been increasingly used as an adulterant of cocaine in recent years, emerging as a public health challenge worldwide. Levamisole-associated toxicity manifests clinically as a systemic vasculitis, consisting of cutaneous, hematological, and renal lesions, among others. Purpura retiform, cutaneous necrosis, intravascular thrombosis, neutropenia, and less commonly crescentic nephriti...

متن کامل

Painful purpura associated with exposure to levamisole-adulterated cocaine.

To cite: Yek C, Li X, Mauskar M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016219077 DESCRIPTION A 56-year-old man presented with a 2-day history of a painful rash. Examination revealed necrotic retiform purpura over the trunk and extremities (figure 1). Laboratory testing was notable for leucopenia (3.2 cells/mL) and positive peripheral antineutrophil cyto...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine

سال: 2020

ISSN: 2574-1624

DOI: 10.25251/skin.4.6.18