Oedema Cutis Proprium

Aplasia cutis congenita

The patient was a female neonate bornprematurely at 36 weeks of gestation by a Cesareansection. During pregnancy, the mother had nohistory of fever, drug use, or X-ray exposure.The mother was gravida 2 and had no history ofabortion. Her first child was healthy. There wasno record of birth trauma. The perinatal historywas negative for intrauterine trauma, the use ofantithyroid medication, or mis...

Calcinosis cutis.

1 of 2 DESCRIPTION An 87-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, atrial fi brillation, and mixed connective tissue disease was admitted to hospital because of heart failure. Besides clinical signs of ventricular dysfunction, physical examination showed painless, subcutaneous nodules that had developed during the past 10 years on her left elbow ( fi gure 1A ) and knees ( fi gure 1B , righ...

Calcinosis Cutis

Neonatal leukemia cutis presenting with dysmorphic features and cutis laxa

Congenital leukemia is a rare disease with particular biological and clinical characteristics, which differs from those of older children. Its prognosis is generally poor. Its clinical manifestation may vary (hyperleukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, organomegaly) and some patients can develop cutaneous infiltration by leukemic cells (leukemia cutis). We describe a dysmorphic patient with thrombocyt...

Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenital.

To cite: Resende CIP, Araujo C, Vieira AP, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-200056 DESCRIPTION Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita (CMTC) is a skin vascular malformation of low flow, compromising venous and capillary vessels, of unknown origin, with about 300 cases described in the literature. 2 Clinical manifestations include a p...