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Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol 39, Issue 5 358-368, Copyright © 1977 by American Psychosomatic Society

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Psychogenic purpura: report of a case

MW Lindahl

Autoerythrocyte sensitization, a disease characterized by recurrent and painful ecchymoses, was renamed psychogenic purpura by Agle and Ratnoff in 1968. The patients, usually female, share certain described personality characteristics. The case is reported of a 20-year-old woman who had suffered from the disease since age 12. She was treated for 3 years in intensive psychotherapy resulting in a complete remission of her symptoms of bleeding.




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