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Localized erythema multiforme due to lymphatic obstruction
Author(s) -
HENG MADALENE C.Y.,
FEINBERG MILTON
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1982.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - erythema multiforme , lymphatic system , lymphatic endothelium , medicine , pathology , blockade , erythema , lymphatic vessel , dermatology , receptor , cancer , metastasis
SUMMARY Two cases of localized erythema multiforme are described with lesions limited to areas of lymphatic obstruction. It is thought that the blockade of the reticulo‐endothelial system predisposed to the deposition of immune complexes in the lymphoedematous skin.