Abstract
Introduction Schamberg disease, also known as Schamberg purpura or progressive pigmentary purpura, is characterized by orange-brown or reddish-brown macules/patches with overlaying purpuric spots simulating “cayenne pepper” [1,2]. The condition was first described in 1901 by Jay Frank Schamberg who reported a 15-year-old boy with a 5-year history of “diffuse, reddish-brown, non-elevated, irregular oval patches with borders consisting of pin-head size, reddish-brown, scarcely elevated puncta or cayenne-pepper spots” [3]. The condition now bears his name. To our knowledge, Schamberg disease has not been reported in Chinese patients. The purpose of this communication is to alert the medical profession to the existence of this condition in Chinese patients so that the diagnosis would not be overlooked.
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