Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 1028-1032 , December 2009

Initial presentation of stasis dermatitis mimicking solitary lesions: A previously unrecognized clinical scenario

  • Joshua Weaver, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • ,
  • Steven D. Billings, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Steven D. Billings, MD, Department of Anatomic Pathology/L25, The Cleveland Clinic. 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195.

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 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

 A portion of this work was presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology in San Francisco, CA.

PII: S0190-9622(09)00505-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.04.025

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 61, Issue 6 , Pages 1028-1032 , December 2009

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