Three Cases Of Livedoid Vasculopathy Misdiagnosed As Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

OBJECTIVETo investigate the aetiology, trends in the clinical presentation, laboratory findings and management of the patients with livedoid vasculopathy who were misdiagnosed as leukocytoclastic vasculitis.METHODSThis is a retrospective case series. Clinical records of patients treated in the Department of Dermatology, the 2nd affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China, with a diagnosis of livedoid vasculopathy from August 2012 to February 2016. And pick up the patients who were once misdiagnosed as leukocytoclastic vasculitis.CONCLUSIONLivedoid vasculopathy is a chronic and painful skin disease which has similar clinical manifestation with leukocytoclastic vasculitis. But they have different pathological changes and need different treatment. A precise diagnosis must be made before treatment.