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Unilateral Schamberg Disease in a 14‐Year‐Old Japanese Boy
Author(s) -
Nagata Ken,
Danno Kiichiro,
Tanaka Souichi
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1999.tb03486.x
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , hemosiderin , papillary dermis , extravasation , dermatology , pathology , dermis
We report a 14‐year‐old Japanese boy who has had asymptomatic, multiple, reddish‐brown macules and petechiae distributed segmentally only in the right lower extremity for the last 6 months. Histological examination showed a perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate in the papillary dermis, extravasation of red blood cells, and hemosiderin deposition. Treatment with tranilast and topical corticosteroid was dramatically effective. Although the histological findings were compatible with those of Schamberg disease, this case was unusual because the patient was very young and only one extremity was affected.

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