Treatment of stasis dermatitis using aminaphtone: a case series
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Stasis purpura is a common finding in clinical practice and is related to vascular alterations.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>Four randomly-selected, Caucasian patients (a 45-year-old woman, a 26-year-old...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/295 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Stasis purpura is a common finding in clinical practice and is related to vascular alterations.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>Four randomly-selected, Caucasian patients (a 45-year-old woman, a 26-year-old man, a 51-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman) were treated with aminaphtone for approximately one year. For all patients, the brown patches - a sign of stasis purpura - disappeared without the appearance of new lesions within this period.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Aminaphtone is a novel proposal in the treatment of stasis purpura when capillary fragility is identified.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1752-1947 |