Sneddon's syndrome: review of the literature apropos of a case

La Revue de médecine interne
J L PellegrinB Leng

Abstract

The authors report the case of a young woman with Sneddon's syndrome and expose literature review. This rare entity is characterized by idiopathic livedo reticularis, ischemic stroke, and occasionally, mild arterial hypertension. Skin biopsy shows endarteritis obliterans of deep dermal arteries. The pathogenesis of this disorder is still unknown and the treatment is not clearly established.

Citations

May 1, 1993·Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation·G StockhammerF T Aichner

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