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- Title
Transient Telangiectatic Purpura after Axillary Dissection: A Postoperative Phenomenon.
- Authors
Brunbjerg, Mette E.; Kiil, Birgitte J.; Vestergaard, Christian; Steiniche, Torben; Stausbøl-Grøn, Birgitte
- Abstract
The article describes two cases of transient purpura discoloration of the skin after axillary dissection. The patients were a 69-year-old man with metastatic melanoma in the left axilla who developed a purple rash on the left hemithorax and a 59-year-old woman with left-sided breast cancer and metastasis to the left axillary lymph nodes who developed a purple telangiectatic rash with areas of purpura and oedema on the left hemithorax.
- Subjects
SKIN discoloration; AXILLA; SKIN diseases; DISEASES
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2013, Vol 93, Issue 5, p594
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-1547