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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

purpura, traumatic trauma factitial dermatitis

Body Site

abdomen

Age

10 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

reticulated

Color

purple

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 10-year-old girl complained of intermittent rashes on her abdomen. The reticulated purpuric patches cleared quickly only to recur suddenly over night. Although the device used to make the purpura was never discovered or divulged, the lesions stopped recurring during the course of mental health counseling.

Description

reticulared purpuric patch

Categories

purpura

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3/1/2003 15:39:38

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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