Flank ulcer in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
A 32-year-old woman had a recurrent shallow ulcer on the flank. A biopsy specimen showed thromboses in the dermal vessels and she was found to have circulating antiphospholipid antibody with no associated systemic disease. A clean ulcer developed on the flank of a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome is considered to be a rarely encountered/unusual presentation of this syndrome.
Lee
C W
CW
Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Park
M H
MH
D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology