A case is described of a female who presented with angulated ulcers on both ankles, suggesting dermatitis artefacta. The livedo pattern of the ulcers and the presence of thrombosed dermal vessels on histology prompted a search for a cryoprotein, and a monoclonal cryoglobulin was detected.
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