title: Flank ulcer in a patient with primary antiphospholipid syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors: C W
authors: CW
authors: Lee
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology