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Volume 353:2384 December 1, 2005 Number 22
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A Medical Mystery — Extensive Ecchymosis

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A 71-year-old man was evaluated for severe anemia (hemoglobin level, 7.1 g per deciliter; mean corpuscular volume, 106 µm3), extensive ecchymosis of the lower limbs (Panel A), gingivitis, and hemorrhages of the oral cavity (Panel B, arrows). There was no history of recent trauma. What is the diagnosis?


Editor's note: We invite our readers to submit their answers at www.nejm.org/mystery. We will publish the diagnosis in the Correspondence section of the January 26, 2006, issue and e-mail it to everyone who submits an answer. All answers must be received by December 15, 2005.

 

Denis Mulleman, M.D.
Philippe Goupille, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Medical Mystery: Extensive Ecchymosis — The Answer
Mulleman D., Goupille P.
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N Engl J Med 2006; 354:419-420, Jan 26, 2006. Correspondence

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