Livedo Reticularis, Cutis Marmorata - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

livedo reticularis cutis marmorata

Body Site

leg knee hand

Age

11 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

purple

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 11 year old boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder developed livedo reticularis of the extremities several weeks after beginning an antidepressant. He was not symptomatic, his extremities felt warm and well perfused, and his peripheral pulsed were normal.

Description

symmetric reticulated violaceous patches

Image Added

5/27/2002 22:17:16

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