A Case of Cutaneous Cholesterol Embolism.
- Author:
Yun Kyew KIM
;
Young Soo CHAE
;
Kee Suck SUH
;
Sang Tae KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acrospiroma
- MeSH:
Acrospiroma;
Aorta, Abdominal;
Arterioles;
Cholesterol*;
Embolism, Cholesterol*;
Foot;
Humans;
Livedo Reticularis;
Middle Aged;
Myocardial Infarction;
Plaque, Atherosclerotic
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1994;32(3):528-531
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cutaneous cholesterol embolism is a disease with severe arterosclercsis of the abdominal aorta in which emboli of cholesterol crystals from atheromatous plaques occlude airterioles. We report a case of cutaneous cholesterol embolism in a 61-year-old man who had livedo reticularis on both his feet for 10 days. Histopathologic findings showed needle-shaped cholesterol clefts viithin the lumina of arterioles. The patient died of myocardial infarction 3 months later.
