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PSYCHOCUTANEOUS DISORDERS
Factitial dermatitis
SYNDROMES
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Behçet’s disease 
JAAD 36:689–696, 1997
Ichthyosiform dermatosis with superficial blister formation and
peeling 
JAAD 34:379–385, 1996
Kindler’s syndrome
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (bullae on dorsal foot) 
JAAD
28:29–32,1993
Sweet’s syndrome – predominance of women; upper
extremities, neck and upper trunk; arthralgias, conjunctivitis,
episcleritis, aphthosis, proteinuria, and high ESR; 10–15%
associated with malignancy, most commonly acute
myelogenous leukemia. In malignancy-associated Sweet’s,
male to female ratio is 1:1 and patients more likely to have
bullous or ulcerative lesions 
AD 126:527–532, 1990
Wells’ syndrome
TRAUMATIC
Altitude injury – petechiae and hemorrhagic bullae of external
auditory canal in pilots descending from high altitudes
Laryngoscope 56:225–236, 1946
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Burns, electrical, thermal, ultraviolet
Coma bullae – sweat gland necrosis 
Cutis 45:423, 1990
Cryotherapy
Erythema ab igne
Frostbite
Pressure bullae
Sunburn
VASCULAR
Acquired digital arteriovenous malformation 
BJD
142:362–365, 2000
Churg–Strauss disease 
BJD 150:598–600, 2004; JAAD
47:209–216, 2002; J Dermatol 22:46–51, 1995
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) 
Henoch–Schönlein purpura 
AD 139:215–220, 2003; Ped Derm
15:357–359, 1998; Ped Derm 12:314–317, 1995
Ischemic gangrene
Polyarteritis nodosa, systemic – cutaneous infarcts presenting
as purpuric plaques 
Rook p.2212, 1998
Purpura fulminans
Pustular vasculitis of hands 
JAAD 32:192–198, 1995
Vasculitis – large and/or small vessel – leukocytoclastic
vasculitis 
Rook p.2178, 1998, Sixth Edition; urticarial vasculitis
AD 134:231–236, 1998
Venous gangrene (acral) – combination of severe pain,
extensive edema, and cyanosis of the limb; in arterial gangrene
edema is absent or minimal, cutaneous hemorrhage does not
occur, skin is pale, subcutaneous veins are poorly filled and
empty with leg elevation 
AD 123:933–936, 1987
Wegener’s granulomatosis 
BJD 143:207–209, 2000;
AD 113:175–182, 1977