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  2. Flammer syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The diagnosis of Flammer syndrome is primarily based on the patient's history with its typical features as well as the findings of nail fold capillaroscopy. This test shows an excessive constriction (narrowing) in the smallest blood vessels (capillaries) of the fingers in response to being exposed to cold.

  3. Thromboangiitis obliterans - Wikipedia

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    Thromboangiitis obliterans, also known as Buerger disease (English / ˈ b ɜːr ɡ ər /; German: [ˈbʏʁɡɐ]) or Winiwarter-Buerger disease, is a recurring progressive inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of small and medium arteries and veins of the hands and feet.

  4. Acrocyanosis - Wikipedia

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    There are also a number of other conditions that affect hands, feet, and parts of the face with associated skin color changes that need to be differentiated from acrocyanosis: Raynaud phenomenon, pernio, acrorygosis, erythromelalgia, and blue finger syndrome. The diagnosis may be challenging in some cases, especially when these syndromes co-exist.

  5. Erythromelalgia - Wikipedia

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    Erythromelalgia, or Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell), is a rare vascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked (frequently on and off daily), then become hyperemic and inflamed. There is severe burning pain (in the small fiber sensory nerves) and skin ...

  6. Capillary leak syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Pharmaceuticals, including the chemotherapy medications gemcitabine and denileukin diftitox, as well as certain interleukins and monoclonal antibodies, can also cause capillary leaks. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These conditions and factors are sources of secondary capillary leak syndrome, and it is often difficult to diagnose and treat because of its complex ...

  7. Compartment syndrome - Wikipedia

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    [5] [43] This causes blood to back up. [5] Excess fluid leaks from the capillaries into the spaces between the soft tissue's cells. [44] This swells the extracellular space and raises the pressure in the compartment. [5] [7] The swelling of the soft tissues around the blood vessels compresses the blood and lymphatic vessels.

  8. Schamberg disease - Wikipedia

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    Schamberg's disease is a skin disorder that causes a discoloration of the lower extremities. [4] It usually occurs in the lower extremities and rarely elsewhere. [4] This condition is caused by leaky blood vessels near the surface of the skin. [7] The cause of the leaky capillaries is usually not known. [7]

  9. Blood vessel disorder - Wikipedia

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    Raynaud’s disease is a rare peripheral vascular syndrome that narrows blood vessels, generally in the hands and feet, due to cold or stressful emotion. [8] It is recognized by the reduction of blood flow to fingers and toes with periodic spasm and results in a drastic color change to white or blue.