Worsening skin lesions but no diagnosis

J Fam Pract. 2020 Dec;69(10):E11-E13.

Abstract

A diagnosis was arrived at by doing something that the patient's other doctors hadn't: perform a biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aspirin / therapeutic use*
  • Biopsy / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malignant Atrophic Papulosis / diagnosis*
  • Malignant Atrophic Papulosis / drug therapy*
  • Malignant Atrophic Papulosis / physiopathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pentoxifylline / therapeutic use*
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Skin Diseases / physiopathology
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Aspirin
  • Pentoxifylline