Dermatitis, Stasis, Venous Hypertension - DermAtlas

Contributor

Simon Yoo, MD

Diagnosis

dermatitis, stasis venous hypertension

Body Site

ankle leg

Age

67 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

reticulated

Color

bronze

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 67 year old woman complained of chronic itchy patches on her ankles associated with intermittent edema. A skin biopsy demonstrated dermatitis, fibrosis, hemosiderim deposition, fibrin deposition, but no evidence of vasculitis. Note the stellate shape of individual lesions and confluent pattern on the lateral aspect of her ankles.

Description

symmetric pruritic bronze, purple scaly macules and confluent patches

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8/24/2002 10:29:15

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