title: Cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy: A rare case report.
abstract: Cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy (CCV) is a distinct, rare, and underdiagnosed condition. We report a case of CCV in a 50-year-old woman presenting as asymptomatic, erythematous to hyperpigmented nonblanchable macules over both the lower extremities. The clinical differential diagnosis of the lesions was pigmented purpuric dermatoses (Schamberg's purpura) and cutaneous small vessel vasculitis. Histology of the lesions revealed dilated superficial dermal vessels with abundant pink hyaline material in the vessel wall, which stained with periodic acid Schiff stain. The patient was diagnosed as CCV. This condition remains largely underdiagnosed and is commonly mistaken for pigmented purpuric dermatosis or generalized essential telangiectasia. Emphasis on the differentiation of CCV from its clinical and histological mimicks is made.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Seth GS Medical College, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Kinjal Deepak
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Rambhia
authors.affiliation: Consultant Dermatologist New Snehadeep Skin and Eye Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Snehal D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Hadawale
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Seth GS Medical College, KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Uday S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Khopkar
keywords: Cutaneous collagenous vasculopathy; dilated superficial dermal vessels; hyaline; microangiopathy