Unilateral Livedoid Vasculopathy Associated With Involutional Phase of Cutaneous Infantile Hemangioma: The Connection to Coagulation Disorders

We present a young boy with an association between livedoid vasculopathy in the area of a previous involuted cutaneous hemangioma. We found 4 uncommon abnormalities associated with thrombo-occlusive events: heterozygous 20210 A->G genotype of prothrombin, reduced activity of anticoagulation proteins C and S, and elevated lipoprotein (a).

Source: The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds - December 17, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Criado, P. R., Alavi, A., Halpern, I., Sotto, M. N., Kirsner, R. S. Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research