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Confluent Ecchymoses on the Lower Extremities of a Malnourished Patient
Author(s) -
Sasaki Go,
Satoh Takahiro,
Yokozeki Hiroo,
Katayama Ichiro,
Nishioka Kiyoshi
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.tb03497.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery
Nutritional deficiencies result in many distinctive cutaneous manifestations. Vitamin C deficiency, or scurvy, produces follicular hyperkeratosis, perifollicular hemorrhages, gingival hypertrophy, and bleeding (1). We report here a case of malnutrition who suddenly developed extensive eccymoses on the lower extremities sharing morphological similarities with purpura fulminans. Although the patient did not have the characteristic dermatological features of scurvy, serum levels of vitamins C, K, B 12 , and E were decreased.