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Ulcus cruris with antiphospholipid syndrome in a 55-year-old female patient with acute, very painful ulcer, which rapidly expands within a few weeks to its current size; no evidence of arterial or venous circulatory disturbances (see case report)
Phospholipid-antibody syndrome. In the area of the lower leg and the ankle region of a 35-year-old woman localized, older, streaky, whitish scar areas which are surrounded by a yellowish-brownish coloration (postinflammatory hyperpigmentation). In the transition area to the sole of the foot a reticular, reddish-brown vascular drawing (Livedo racemosa) is impressive on the inside. Secondary findings are arterial hypertension. Several miscarriages are known from history.
Phospholipid-antibody syndrome: Section of the nail fold of a 27-year-old woman with phospholipid-AK syndrome: Distal of the nail fold capillaries brownish dot-like formations are visible (so-called Ehring's rhexis hemorrhage: thrombosis and constriction of capillary loops of the papillary central vessels with sequestration into the eponychium)