Chronic Lipodermatosclerosis In A Young Male Patient
AHU YORULMAZ, RIDVAN GÜNEŞ, FERDA ARTÜZ, SERRA KAYAÇETİN
- Year : 2017
- Vol : 33
- Issue : 2
- Page :
36-38
Lipodermatosclerosis is a progressive dermatosis, which is closely
related with chronic venous insufficiency. Lipodermatosclerosis has
been clinically classified into acute, subacute and chronic stages.
Acute phase, which also represents a sequelae of chronic venous
insufficiency, is commonly misdiagnosed as cellulitis, since typical
clinical presentation closely resembles cellulitis with extremely painful,
indurated plaques with intense erythema and edema affecting distal
parts of the lower extremities. Chronic lipodermatosclerosis is much
more common than acute lipodermatosclerosis and this form is easily
recognized with clinical examination. Chronic lipodermatosclerosis is
more common in women, indeed up to 90% of the reported cases are
women in their middle ages. Here, we report a young male patient
with chronic lipodermatosclerosis on right lower extremity, which had
been developed in the presence of chronic venous insufficiency. We
point out and highlight the clinical characteristics of this patient as
chronic lipodermatosclerosis is less frequently observed in young
males.
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Chronic Lipodermatosclerosis In A Young Male Patient
2017,
Vol.
33
(2)
Received : 18.03.2015,
Accepted : 18.03.2015,
Published Online : 13.08.2018
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