Premium
Plasmacellular Angiodermatitis and Hypertrophy of Extremities
Author(s) -
Niemi KirstiMaria
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1976.tb00873.x
Subject(s) - dermis , medicine , pathology , infiltration (hvac) , muscle hypertrophy , essential thrombocythemia , anatomy , polycythemia vera , physics , thermodynamics
Two males with enlargement of one upper extremity, deep purple in color, and one female with a long, deep‐red stripe along the lower extremity were found to have an increased number of tiny vessels in the dermis with dense round‐cell infiltration consisting mainly of plasmacells. There were no signs of arteriovenous shunts, venous malformations or diseases associated with plasmacells. Polycythemia and thrombocythemia were excluded. Some immunological abnormalities were found in all cases. This condition seems to be self‐healing.