Hemorrhagic Darier's Disease
- 1 April 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 129 (4) , 511-512
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1993.01680250127024
Abstract
To the Editor.— While examining 34 individuals with Darier's disease from three large pedigrees in the southern tier of New York State, we found five individuals, all from one pedigree (DD-He) who had hemorrhagic bullae and red and black macules with jagged borders on the hands and feet (Figs 1 and 2). The lesions developed after trauma and would resolve after several weeks. There was no history of hemorrhagic lesions in anyone in the kindred who did not have Darier's disease. The age of onset of Darier's disease was no different for individuals with or without hemorrhagic lesions. Some members of pedigree DD-He had been reported previously by Beck et al.1 Hemorrhagic Darier's disease was first described in 1964 by Jones et al2in four patients with Darier's disease, two of whom were a mother and daughter. Biopsy specimens from these patients showed intraepidermal lacunae filled with redKeywords
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