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Purpuric halos around hemangiomas in systemic amyloidosis
1Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Cutis
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
A patient with systemic amyloidosis noted purpuric halos around cherry hemangiomas. This unique presentation of systemic amyloidosis has been reported once previously. A possible mechanism is the combination of amyloid deposition and excess plasminogen activator activity.