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Rizaul Kabir, MBBS, DDV

Diagnosis

chilblains

Body Site

hand foot leg foot

Age

43 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

purple

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant) symmetric

Comments

This43-year-old woman developed painful purple plaques on her fingers and toes during the winter when temperatures went down to 7.6 degrees celcius. The eruption improved with topical steroids, analgesics, lubricants and protection from the cold.

Description

sharply demarcatedacral purple edematous confluent plaques

Categories

cold induced eruption

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3/12/2006 15:29:22

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