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Livedo reticularis is a common skin finding consisting of a mottled reticulated vascular pattern that appears as a lace-like purplish discoloration of the skin. [1] The discoloration is caused by reduction in blood flow through the arterioles that supply the cutaneous capillaries, resulting in deoxygenated blood showing as blue discoloration ().
It is commonly used to describe the surface of plants or the skin of animals. In plants, mottling usually consists of yellowish spots on plants, and is usually a sign of disease or malnutrition. [1] Many plant viruses cause mottling, some examples being: Tobacco vein mottling virus; Bean pod mottle virus
Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC) is a rare congenital vascular disorder that usually manifests in affecting the blood vessels of the skin. The condition was first recognized and described in 1922 by Cato van Lohuizen, [2] a Dutch pediatrician whose name was later adopted in the other common name used to describe the condition – Van Lohuizen syndrome.
Livedo reticularis appears as a bluish-purple, netlike mottling of the skin. Sneddon's syndrome may instead present with livedo racemosa, which involves larger, less organized patches of bluish-purple mottling of the skin. Both are generally found first in the extremities, both worsen in cold and either may occur without Sneddon's syndrome or ...
The skin is frequently observed to have a mottled appearance (cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita). Other congenital anomalies, including cardiovascular malformations , cleft lip and/or palate , abnormal renal system , and neurologic disorders manifesting as seizure disorders and developmental delay are sometimes observed.
Cold and mottled skin (livedo reticularis), especially extremities, due to insufficient perfusion of the skin The severity of hemorrhagic shock can be graded on a 1–4 scale on the physical signs. The shock index (heart rate divided by systolic blood pressure) is a stronger predictor of the impact of blood loss than heart rate and blood ...
Skin Itching, usually around the ears, face, neck, arms, and upper torso; Sensation of tiny insects crawling over the skin (formication) Mottled or marbled skin usually around the shoulders, upper chest and abdomen, with itching (cutis marmorata) Swelling of the skin, accompanied by tiny scar-like skin depressions (pitting edema) Neurologic Brain
Tinea nigra, also known as superficial phaeohyphomycosis and Tinea nigra palmaris et plantaris, [2] is a superficial fungal infection, a type of phaeohyphomycosis rather than a tinea, that causes usually a single 1–5 cm dark brown-black, non-scaly, flat, painless patch on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet of healthy people. [1]