Pigmented Purpura, Schamberg Disease - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

pigmented purpura Schamberg disease

Body Site

leg

Age

13 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

purple bronze

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This healthy 13-year-old girl developed a widespread purplish-bronze macular eruption on the arms, legs and more subtly on the trunk. Three months later the lesions on her arms began to fade.

Description

symmetric disseminated violaceous to bronze .05-2.5 cm macules

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4/1/2007 13:48:29

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