Purpura-associated congenital lymphedema

Eur J Dermatol. 2009 Nov-Dec;19(6):623-5. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2009.0758. Epub 2009 Jul 21.

Abstract

An 8-year-old girl referred to our Department for a two-month worsening of congenital primary lymphedema of the lower limb and for the appearance of several purpuric lesions on the right thigh and knee. We diagnosed a lichenoid pigmented purpura of Gougerot and Blum in a patient with Milroy disease, complicated by an insufficiency of anterior saphena. We treated the patient with topical steroids and compression stockings, until surgical intervention of phlebectomy. We report this case for the rarity of the disease, for the even more rare association with lichenoid pigmented purpura and for cutaneous immunopathological findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Knee / pathology
  • Lymphedema / complications*
  • Lymphedema / congenital*
  • Lymphedema / diagnosis
  • Lymphedema / therapy
  • Purpura / complications*
  • Purpura / diagnosis
  • Purpura / therapy
  • Saphenous Vein / pathology
  • Saphenous Vein / surgery
  • Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / complications*
  • Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / therapy
  • Stockings, Compression
  • Syndactyly / complications
  • Syndrome
  • Thigh / pathology
  • Toes / abnormalities
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids