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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

pernio

Body Site

toe

Age

38 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

purple red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This healthy 38-year-old woman developed tender itchy plaques on the middle three toes on her right foot. A skin biopsy showed changes consistent with pernio. The lesions appeared after outdoor sports activities on an extremely cold day last winter.

Description

violaceous edematous plaques

Categories

cold induced eruption environmental injury

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4/21/2004 21:56:47

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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