Bockenheimer's syndrome

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 1999 Mar;12(2):165-8.

Abstract

A case of a very extensive form of the rare Bockenheimer's syndrome (genuine diffuse phlebectasia) in a 45-year-old female patient is presented. The subject presented phlebectasias of the upper right leg, the vulva and the right side of the abdomen. The diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities for cases of patients with Bockenheimer's syndrome are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Muscles / blood supply
  • Female
  • Femoral Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Skin Diseases, Vascular / congenital
  • Skin Diseases, Vascular / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Syndrome
  • Thigh / blood supply
  • Varicose Veins / congenital
  • Varicose Veins / diagnosis*
  • Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Vulvar Diseases / diagnosis