RT Book, Section
A1 Bissonnette, Bruno
A1 Luginbuehl, Igor
A1 Engelhardt, Thomas
SR Print(0)
ID 1164077600
T1 Majocchi Disease
T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861789
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164077600
RD 2024/04/19
AB It  is  a  rare  idiopathic  disorder  characterized  by  pigmented  purpuric  dermatitis  caused  by  chronic  inflammation  of  capillaries.  It  is  defined  as  a  chronic  disease  of  unknown  etiology  and  associated  with  distinctive  clinical  appearance  (extravasation  of  erythrocytes  in  the  skin  with  marked  hemosiderin  deposition).  Clinically,  the  presence  of  bluish  red  1-  to  3-cm  annular  skin  patches  that  results  from  dark  red  telangiectases  and  petechiae  with  a  predilection  for  the  lower  extremities  and  buttocks.