Painful Violaceous Purpura on a 44-Year-Old Woman

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Painful Violaceous Purpura on a 44-Year-Old Woman Shirin Bajaj, BA, Brian Hibler, BS, Anthony Rossi, MD  The American Journal of Medicine  Volume 129, Issue 6, Pages e5-e7 (June 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.01.026 Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure (A-C) Violaceous retiform purpura on the ear helix and lower extremities with associated histopathologic findings (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification ×40). The American Journal of Medicine 2016 129, e5-e7DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.01.026) Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions