Progressive pigmentary purpura or Schamberg's disease. Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum red/brown papules and plaques in men which responds to psoralen combined with ultraviolet A (PUVA) treatment. Purpura annularis telangiectodes rare, with a preponderance in young females and manifests as annular erythematous plaques and patches. Eczematoid-like purpura of Doucas a...

Progressive pigmentary purpura or Schamberg's disease. Pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis of Gougerot and Blum red/brown papules and plaques in men which responds to psoralen combined with ultraviolet A (PUVA) treatment. Purpura annularis telangiectodes rare, with a preponderance in young females and manifests as annular erythematous plaques and patches. Eczematoid-like purpura of Doucas a...

Blood transfusion is an accepted therapeutic procedure in all specialties of medicine. In dermatology, specialized techniques like plasmapheresis and extracorporeal photochemotherapy have provided a good treatment option in immune-mediated disorders like bullous dermatoses, collagen vascular diseases and cutaneous lymphomas. Other anecdotal and less substantiated reports point to its use in chr...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous manifestations are fairly common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and they can help in early diagnosis, prompt treatment, and hence reduced morbidity from the disease. AIMS The objective of the present study was to find out the different patterns of dermatoses in a group of patients with RA from Eastern India. METHODOLOGY Consecutive patients fulfilling the American Rheumat...

acanthosis nigricans (an), tripe palm (tp) and sign of lesser trelat (lt) are rare dermatoses which are often seen with malignant conditions. acanthosis nigricans occurs both on the skin and mucus membranes as velvety hyper pigmented lesions in the flexors and around the neck, or papillomatous and verrucous lesions on the lips and buccal mucosa. these para neoplastic dermatoses are generally li...

Pigmented purpuric dermatosis is a chronic benign skin disorder of unknown aetiology. Although there are several other potential cofactors, drugs are the most frequent cause. This paper describes the case of a 71-year-old woman who was admitted in the emergency department with skin lesions on the lower extremities, characteristics of Schamberg's disease. After a medical study and treatment, it ...