Case Report
Published: 25 July, 2023 | Volume 7 - Issue 1 | Pages: 028-031
Gardner-Diamond syndrome or psychogenic purpura is a rare vasculopathy disorder characterized by spontaneous painful purpuric rash without a history of trauma or antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy. It occurs in women with mental health disorders. Gardner and Diamond in 1955 described a syndrome of auto erythrocyte sensitization which presented in abnormal crops of painful inflammatory ecchymosis in 4 patients at the site of trauma followed by progressive erythema and edema.
We present a 52-year-old age woman who was admitted to the internal medicine department and referred for dermatological consultation for recurrent spontaneous purpuric eruptions. The patient was under treatment for depression for many months. Her investigations and coagulation profile were nearly within normal.
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Gardner-diamond syndrome; Depression; Purpura
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