Hypergammaglobulinaemic purpura presenting as reticulate purpura.
Hypergammaglobulinaemic purpura, first described by Waldenstrom, is a rare skin disease. The essential features are the presence of purpura with polyclonal hypergammaglobulinaemia. We describe a case of hypergammaglobulinaemic purpura occurring in a Chinese man with reticulate purpura and haemorrhagic blisters.
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National Skin Centre, Singapore.
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D000368:Aged; D001768:Blister / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011693:Purpura / Q000473:pathology*; D011694:Purpura, Hyperglobulinemic / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome