Van Lohuizen Syndrome - A Case Report with a Diagnostic Delay of Four Years

Uwe Wollina; Katlein França; Torello Lotti; Georgi Tchernev

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2018.024

Van Lohuizen Syndrome - A Case Report with a Diagnostic Delay of Four Years

Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2018 Jan 2;6(1):74-75. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.024. eCollection 2018 Jan 25.

Authors

Uwe Wollina¹, Katlein França², Torello Lotti³, Georgi Tchernev^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, 01067 Dresden, Germany.
² Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
³ Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare e Rigenerativa, Guglielmo Marconi University, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior (MVR-Sofia), General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.
⁵ Onkoderma Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Abstract

Background: Cutis marmorata telangiectatic congenital or Van Lohuizen syndrome is a rare vascular disorder that may be associated with other congenital malformations. Around 300 cases have been reported so far.

Case report: We present a 4-year-old girl with Van Lohuizen syndrome of the leg, but without any other malformations.

Conclusion: Neonatal lupus erythematosus may resemble congenital vasculopathy, but histopathology and immune-serology are characteristic.

Keywords: Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita; Van Lohuizen syndrome; vascular-cutaneous disorders.

Publication types

Case Reports