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Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation
87 year old Caucasian female with chronic painless non-healing ulcers over malleoli was admitted to the hospital. On a physical examination, there were two bilateral and laterally located malleoli ulcers with no discharge. A thorough work up was done: lower extremities venous and arterial Doppler ul...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22988463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/910231 |
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author | Mirrakhimov, Aibek E. Velasquez Kho, Erwin Ali, Alaa |
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description | 87 year old Caucasian female with chronic painless non-healing ulcers over malleoli was admitted to the hospital. On a physical examination, there were two bilateral and laterally located malleoli ulcers with no discharge. A thorough work up was done: lower extremities venous and arterial Doppler ultrasound did not show any evidence of venous and arterial disease respectively. Heterozygous G20210A Prothrombin gene mutation was found, and the patient was started on anticoagulation. This case reports highlights a possibility of a painless livedoid vasculopathy presentation in a patient without significant past thrombotic events. Therefore, it is important to consider livedoid vasculopathy in the differential in a patient with painless ulcerative, atrophic and/or nodular skin lesions over the shins and malleoli. |
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spelling | pubmed-34409242012-09-17 Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation Mirrakhimov, Aibek E. Velasquez Kho, Erwin Ali, Alaa Case Rep Med Case Report 87 year old Caucasian female with chronic painless non-healing ulcers over malleoli was admitted to the hospital. On a physical examination, there were two bilateral and laterally located malleoli ulcers with no discharge. A thorough work up was done: lower extremities venous and arterial Doppler ultrasound did not show any evidence of venous and arterial disease respectively. Heterozygous G20210A Prothrombin gene mutation was found, and the patient was started on anticoagulation. This case reports highlights a possibility of a painless livedoid vasculopathy presentation in a patient without significant past thrombotic events. Therefore, it is important to consider livedoid vasculopathy in the differential in a patient with painless ulcerative, atrophic and/or nodular skin lesions over the shins and malleoli. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3440924/ /pubmed/22988463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/910231 Text en Copyright © 2012 Aibek E. Mirrakhimov et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Mirrakhimov, Aibek E. Velasquez Kho, Erwin Ali, Alaa Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation |
title | Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation |
title_full | Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation |
title_fullStr | Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation |
title_full_unstemmed | Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation |
title_short | Painless Livedoid Vasculopathy in a Patient with G20210A Prothrombin Gene Mutation |
title_sort | painless livedoid vasculopathy in a patient with g20210a prothrombin gene mutation |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440924/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22988463 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/910231 |
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