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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