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Skin biopsy
Publication details
Dr Anne-Marie Skellett, Dr Nasir Shah, Dr Clive Grattan
Foundation Years Journal, volume 2, issue 9, p.359 (123Doc Education, London, November 2008)
Abstract
A 35-year-old man on the ward has developed palpable purpura to his lower legs which are clinically thought to represent a cutaneous small vessel vasculitis. You are asked to take a skin biopsy to help confirm the diagnosis.
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Authors
Dr Anne-Marie Skellett (Corresponding author)
Dermatology Department
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust
Colney Lane, Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7UY
anne.skellett@nnuh.nhs.uk
Dr Nasir Shah
Dermatology Department
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust
Colney Lane, Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7UY
Dr Clive Grattan
Dermatology Department
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust
Colney Lane, Norwich
Norfolk
NR4 7UY
References
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3. National Institute for health and clinical excellence. Referral Guidelines for suspected cancer. Available from: www.nice.org.uk/CG027
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