Pigmented Purpuric Dermatosis in Mixed Cryoglobulinaemia Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Hepatitis C Infection
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Pigmented purpuric dermatosis in mixed cryoglobulinaemia associated with rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis C infection.
A 47-year-old Japanese woman presented with a 3-year history of rash on her lower legs. The eruption tended to worsen in winter. She had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 6 years and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection for 4 years. Upon physical examination, punctate purpura and pigmentation were scattered over her lower legs and their coalescence formed irregular red-brown patches (Fig...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato-Venereologica
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.1080/00015550510034137