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Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita

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AKA generalized phlebectasia
sporadic (i.e. no inheritance)
rare
onset at birth (hence “congenita”)
pathogenesis unknown

 

clincal:

cutaneous: atrophic reticulated vascular patches;  especially on extremities;  rarely ulcerate
extracutaneous( ~50%): limb length or circumference discrepancy;  hypoplasia or hypertrophy of soft tissue or bone (like other congenital vascular anomalies)
histology = telangiectasia
prognosis = may persist, improve, or resolve over time

 

ddx:

capillary malformation (esp. reticulated form of nevus flammeus)
cutis marmorata
neonatal LE
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome