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Current Dermatology Reports
Published in: Current Dermatology Reports 4/2014

01-12-2014 | Pediatrics (R Sidbury, Section Editor)

Pediatric Dermatology Clinical-Pathologic Cases: A Spectrum of Purpuric Disorders of Childhood

Authors: Keith W Morley, Jennifer Huang, Birgitta A.R. Schmidt

Published in: Current Dermatology Reports | Issue 4/2014

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Abstract

In the following sections, we will present three recent cases of pediatric purpura encountered on the inpatient dermatology consult service from a tertiary pediatric hospital. In all cases, the final diagnoses were established with dermatopathologic-clinical correlation and special stains.
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Metadata
Title
Pediatric Dermatology Clinical-Pathologic Cases: A Spectrum of Purpuric Disorders of Childhood
Authors
Keith W Morley
Jennifer Huang
Birgitta A.R. Schmidt
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Dermatology Reports / Issue 4/2014
Electronic ISSN: 2162-4933
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13671-014-0087-9

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