Bier spots

Fang-Yih Liaw; Chien-Ping Chiang

doi:10.1503/cmaj.120376

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Letter to editor about the Bier spots
Her-Young Su

Posted on: 15 August 2014

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Letter to editor about the Bier spots
Her-Young Su
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I enjoyed the CMAJ article by Fang-Yih Liaw and Chien-Ping Chiang, and wish to suggest a possible revision to the male to female ratio of Bier' spots.Currently available information has revealed that the male to female ratio is 2:1, indicating that men are predominantly affected by the condition rather than Liaw FY et al mentioned that the bier's spots were more common in women than men in CMAJ. However, we reviewed all t...
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I enjoyed the CMAJ article by Fang-Yih Liaw and Chien-Ping Chiang, and wish to suggest a possible revision to the male to female ratio of Bier' spots.Currently available information has revealed that the male to female ratio is 2:1, indicating that men are predominantly affected by the condition rather than Liaw FY et al mentioned that the bier's spots were more common in women than men in CMAJ. However, we reviewed all the cases reported in English found that the male to female ratio is near 1:1. That is, there is no gender predominance in bier's spots.
Hung-Che Lin MD, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Her-Young Su MD, Ph.D. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Reference: 1.Liaw FY, Chiang CP. Bier spots. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. Apr 16 2013;185(7):E304. 2.Fan YM, Yang YP, Li W, Li SF. Bier spots: six case reports. J Am Acad Dermatol. Sep 2009;61(3):e11-12. 3.Lin HC, Chen CH, Su HY. Bier's Spots on Legs Associated with Deep Vein Thrombosis during Pregnancy. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 March. Accepted
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