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Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans involving the upper arms in an adult male Volume 10, issue 7, October - November 2000

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Università degli Studi di Milano, Clinica Dermatologica IV, Ospedale San Paolo, Via di Rudinì n° 8, 20142 Milano, Italy.
  • Page(s) : 563-4
  • Published in: 2000

A 48-year-old white man presented us with a 1 year history of bilateral erythematous macular telangiectatic lesions on his upper arms. The lesions consisted of fine telangiectasia with a very slight erythematous macular background (Fig. 1), which urticated on rubbing. He denied itch or other symptoms. The patient was otherwise healthy and there was no familiar history of a similar eruption. He was not taking any medication or drugs. Histopathological examination showed dilated upper dermal capillaries with a discrete perivascular cellular infiltrate with a slight increase of mast cell number as demonstrated by Giemsa stain (Fig. 2). Moreover the increase of mast cells was revealed among the collagen bundles of the upper dermis.