Livedo Reticularis Associated with Atrial Myxoma.
10.5021/ad.1998.10.3.159
- Author:
Yun Suck KIM
;
Dong Kyu HWANG
;
Hee Joon YU
;
Chang Woo LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Livedo reticularis;
Atrial myxoma
- MeSH:
Arterioles;
Biopsy;
Echocardiography;
Embolism;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Heart Atria;
Humans;
Livedo Reticularis*;
Lower Extremity;
Middle Aged;
Myxoma*
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1998;10(3):159-162
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We describe the case of a 45-year-old woman who had self-regressing livedo reticularis on the lower extremities. Examination of a biopsy specimen from the mottled area revealed myxomatous emboli in the deep dermal arterioles. Echocardiography showed a myxoma in the left atrium. After the tumor was surgically excised, the patient had no further evidence of the disorders during the 3-year period of follow-up. Livedo reticularis caused by an peripheral arterial embolism, which in turn was caused by the tumor fragments in our patient with left atrial myxoma, is considered to be unusual.
