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Jennifer Donnals

Diagnosis

cupping purpura

Body Site

back

Age

19 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

brown purple

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 19-year-old woman was treated for chronic pain with cupping. Note the lesions in various stages of evolution with new lesions appearing red to violaceous and older lesions purple to brown.

Description

grouped uniform well demarcated round red/violaceous to brown patches

Categories

Iatrogenic disorders, child abuse, purpura

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10/30/2010 18:34:54

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