Open AccessPsychogenic purpura
Author(s) -
Sharmila Sarkar,
Sudip Kumar Ghosh,
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay,
Saswati Nath
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.111463
Subject(s) - psychogenic disease , purpura (gastropod) , medicine , dermatology , surgery , pediatrics , psychology , psychiatry , biology , ecology
Psychogenic purpura, also known as Gardner-Diamond syndrome, is a rare, distinctive, localized cutaneous reaction pattern mostly affecting psychologically disturbed adult women. Repeated crops of tender, ill-defined ecchymotic lesions on the extremities and external bleeding from other sites characterize the condition. We report here a case of psychogenic purpura because of the rarity of the condition and to emphasize the importance of consideration of this entity during evaluation of a patient with recurrent ecchymoses. Early diagnosis of this condition will not only minimize the cost of the medical evaluation but will also benefit the patient.