We report the occurrence of livedo reticularis in a patient with symptomatic hereditary type 1 protein C deficiency. Antithrombin III deficiency and the antiphospholipid syndrome may also be associated with livedo reticularis, and we suggest that a thrombophilia screen may be a useful investigation in a patient with otherwise unexplained livedo, particularly if there is a personal or family history of thromboembolism.
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J Dermatolog Treat
December 2025
Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Livedoid vasculopathy (LV) is a chronic microvascular thrombosis disorder with an unclear pathogenesis, potentially involving hypercoagulability and inflammation. This systematic review aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors and biologics in the treatment of LV. A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library on June 10, 2024, to identify relevant studies evaluating the use of JAK inhibitors and biologics in LV treatment.
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December 2024
Faculty of Medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Background: Sneddon's syndrome is a rare thrombotic vasculopathy characterized by the coexistence of both cerebrovascular events and livedo reticularis.
Objective: This review aims to raise awareness among physicians by discussing the whole clinical spectrum of the disease. Typically, Sneddon syndrome presents in middle-aged women with a cerebrovascular accident and a preexisting skin rash, which is livedo reticularis.
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December 2024
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans - Baton Rouge Regional Campus. Electronic address:
When an understanding of pathogenesis exists, skin lesions that have the appearance of blood in the skin can provide insight into the mechanisms leading to a systemic process that results in cutaneous manifestations. Of the vascular disturbances of the skin that occur in critically ill patients, some result from a non-hemorrhagic process while occurs represent bleeding into the skin. The lesions of livedo, petechiae, purpura, and ecchymoses can be approached from such a perspective.
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December 2024
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America.
Chronic leg ulceration is a debilitating manifestation of hemoglobinopathies, and best management is uncertain. Livedoid vasculopathy (LV) is a cutaneous non-inflammatory thrombotic vasculopathy treated with anticoagulation that has been identified in hemoglobinopathy-associated chronic leg ulceration. However, most patients with hemoglobinopathy-associated ulcers do not undergo workup for secondary causes, and the prevalence and relevance of LV is unclear.
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Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima.
While the skin is a common target organ for sarcoidosis, cutaneous granulomatous vasculitis is rare among patients with sarcoidosis. Due to the lack of detailed studies on cutaneous sarcoid vasculitis, both dermatologists and pathologists remain unfamiliar with this rare but important vasculitic disorder. We clinicopathologically evaluated eight cases with biopsy-proven cutaneous vasculitis and cutaneous sarcoidosis and analyzed morphologic changes in the process of vasculitis for both small vessels and muscular vessels in detail.
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