Purpura is Not Always Caused by the Anticoagulant

Faria, Catarina Maria and Henriques, Fernando and Leite, Jose and Fernandes, Celio (2017) Purpura is Not Always Caused by the Anticoagulant. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 4 (3). ISSN 2284-2594 (In Press)

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Abstract

Pigmented purpuric dermatosis is a chronic benign skin disorder of unknown aetiology. Although there are several other potential cofactors, drugs are the most frequent cause. This paper describes the case of a 71-year-old woman who was admitted in the emergency department with skin lesions on the lower extremities, characteristics of Schamberg's disease. After a medical study and treatment, it was concluded that the lesions were caused by amlodipine administration. To the authors’ knowledge, only one previous case describing an association between this disease and amlodipine administration has been reported in the medical literature.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Schamberg’s disease; amlodipine
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User: Rebecca D'Amore
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2017 12:51
Last Modified: 21 Sep 2017 12:51
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16287

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