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We present a unique case of a woman with multiple painful dermal lesions localized to the left upper quadrant of the body. Histological investigation revealed microvascular thrombosis with capillary-wall proliferation. Further investigation revealed a very high anticardiolipin IgG titre and a left subclavian stenosis, presumably providing the reduced blood flow and relative hypoxia to allow microthromboses to occur in the presence of a thrombophilic tendency. Similar clinical and histological features have been reported in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome and cases of reactive angioendotheliomatosis (RAE). This case represents a unique variant of RAE.
Author(s): Kirke S, Angus B, Kesteven PJL, Calonje E, Simpson N
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
Year: 2007
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Pages: 45-47
ISSN (print): 0307-6938
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2230
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02254.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02254.x
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