A Case of Cutaneous Cholesterol Embolism / 대한피부과학회지
Korean Journal of Dermatology
;
: 528-531, 1994.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-94238
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.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Aorta, Abdominal
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Arterioles
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Cholesterol
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Embolism, Cholesterol
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Acrospiroma
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Livedo Reticularis
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Plaque, Atherosclerotic
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Foot
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Myocardial Infarction
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Dermatology
Year:
1994
Type:
Article
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