Rumpel-Leede Phenomenon in a Hypertensive Lady on Amlodipine
Published: April 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4301
Kandan Balamurugesan, Stalin Viswanathan
1. Associate Professor, Department of General Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Kadhiramam, Pondicherry, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Kadhiramam, Pondicherry, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Stalin Viswanathan,
Assistant Professor, Department of General Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College,
Kadhiramam, Pondicherry-605009, India.
Phone: 9894787277, E-mail: stalinviswanathan@ymail.com
We are describing a 60-year-old hypertensive lady who developed Rumpel-Leede phenomenon following the use of a tourniquet to obtain a blood sample. History revealed that she was on amlodipine therapy and that spontaneous sun-exposure related purpura was often seen since amlodipine was prescribed. Examinations and investigations provided normal results. She refused consent for a skin biopsy. Symptoms resolved after its substitution with enalapril and dihydrochlorothiazide, without any further recurrence.
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