ABSTRACT

Gardner-Diamond syndrome is a condition, usually occurring in women, in which bruising occurs easily with resulting ecchymoses, causing pain and ten-derness in the affected skin areas. Psychiatric problems and the autoreactivity of the patients to their own blood are well known features of the disease, but the exact cause remains unknown. Herein we report a patient with characteristic features of this syndrome and want to emphasize the necessity of awareness of the disease in the elderly population so as to avoid unnecessary investigations