Violaceous skin lesions on a returned traveller

• 1 Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC
• 2 Western Health, Melbourne, VIC
• 3 Dorevitch Pathology, Western Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
• 4 Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

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