CUTANEOUS VASCULAR INFARCTS SECONDARY TO SPONTANEOUS PLATELET-AGGREGATION

We report a 23-year-old woman presenting with multiple cutaneous infar cts who was found to have spontaneous platelet aggregation (SPA), Her skin lesions showed a good response to aspirin therapy and platelet ag gregation returned to normal, Subsequently, she was found to have and was treated for pulmonary tuberculosis. The SPA may have been related to this via the formation of immune complexes. Isolated cutaneous infa rcts have not previously been described in association with SPA, The r ole of spontaneous and increased platelet aggregation in skin disorder s is discussed.