Purpura factitia senilis L57.8

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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History
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Jade's son, 1892

Definition
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Phenomenon of the Landmannshaut: Slight skin vulnerability, especially on the sides of the forearm and back of the hand, with spot or stripe-like rhexis bleeding after banal trauma.

Therapy
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Avoid trauma and injury. Textile and physical light protection (see light protection agents), excision of foci suspected of malignancy. Skin care with greasing external agents (e.g. Ash Base Ointment, Linola Fat, Exicipial Almond Oil Ointment). S.a. Purpura senilis.

Literature
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  1. Jadassohn (1892) On a peculiar form of "Atrophia maculosa cutis". Negotiations of the German dermatological society 2-3: 342-358

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020