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Thachil J. History of the word "purpura" and its current relevance. J Thromb Haemost 2021; 19:2318-2321. [PMID: 34077618 DOI: 10.1111/jth.15411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The etymology of purpura presents some interesting connections linking the color purple and platelets. This royal color's manufacturing process may be imagined mimicking how purpuric disorders cause skin manifestations in different diseases. In this historical sketch, an attempt is made to link the story behind the discovery of the color purple and how thrombocytopenia and vascular disorders cause purpura.
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- Jecko Thachil
- Department of Haematology, Manchester University Hospitals, Manchester, UK
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Ellis A, Billings SD, Khanna U, Warren CB, Piliang M, Vij A, Ko JS, Bergfeld WF, Fernandez AP. Diagnoses of hospitalized patients with skin abnormalities prompting biopsy by consulting dermatologists: A 3-year review from a tertiary care center. J Cutan Pathol 2019; 47:346-356. [PMID: 31845375 PMCID: PMC9291190 DOI: 10.1111/cup.13628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Background Dermatologists play an important role in diagnosing and managing hospitalized patients with cutaneous abnormalities. Skin biopsies remain an indispensable tool for aiding dermatologists in accurate diagnosis and treatment. We aimed to determine the range of conditions, and the most common conditions, prompting skin biopsy by dermatology hospital consultation (HCON) services to aid in evaluation of hospitalized patients. Methods All hospitalized patients seen by a single tertiary care center dermatology HCON service between 2015 and 2018 who had associated skin biopsies were identified. Histologic features and clinical diagnoses of each patient were classified into 13 histologic reaction pattern categories. Results Eight hundred and thirty one inpatients evaluated by our dermatology HCON service had 914 skin biopsies. The most frequent diagnostic categories prompting biopsy were vasculopathic (17.6%), interface dermatitis (16.5%), infectious (12.6%), and spongiotic dermatitis (10.9%). The most frequent diagnostic categories included drug reaction (13.2%), leukocytoclastic vasculitis (8.5%), skin cancer (5.4%), graft‐vs‐host disease (3.5%), connective tissue disease (3.3%), and calciphylaxis (3.0%). Conclusion Our study suggests a variety of serious diseases affecting inpatients prompts biopsy by dermatology consultation services. Educational curricula for dermatology and pathology residents, fellows, and staff designed with these data may enhance knowledge that improves the quality of inpatient dermatology care.
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- Ariana Ellis
- Northeast Ohio Medical University College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio.,Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.,Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Wechsler J. [Humoral immune diseases: Cutaneous vasculitis and auto-immune bullous dermatoses]. Ann Pathol 2018; 38:31-42. [PMID: 29287933 DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Humoral immunity is the cause of multiple diseases related to antibodies (IgA, IgG, IgM) produced by the patient. Two groups of diseases are identified. The first group is related to circulating antigen-antibody complexes. The antigens are various. They are often unknown. These immune complexes cause a vascular inflammation due to the complement fixation. Consequently, this group is dominated by inflammatory vasculitis. In the second group, the pathology is due to the fixation in situ of antibodies to a target antigen of the skin that is no more recognized by the patient. This group is represented by the auto-immune bullous dermatoses.
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- Janine Wechsler
- Département de pathologie, service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, hôpital Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.
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