BENIGN CUTANEOUS DEGOS-DISEASE

Authors
FARRELL AM MOSS J COSTELLO C FEARFIELD LA WOODROW D BUNKER CB
Citation
Am. Farrell et al., BENIGN CUTANEOUS DEGOS-DISEASE, British journal of dermatology, 139(4), 1998, pp. 708-712
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
139
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
708 - 712
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1998)139:4<708:BCD>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with Degos' disease who also had a lupus anticoagulant. Electron microscopy of the mature lesions showed interwoven tubular structures within the endothelial cells, as have been observed in previous cases of Degos' disease. Four years aft er her first cutaneous lesions, there is no evidence of involvement of other organs. Aspirin (300 mg daily) has arrested the cutaneous disea se.