Livedo reticularis

[JAG10]

Court has this skin pattern that can appear on her legs and arms, it looks circular, sort of like large honeycomb/lace-like pattern of purplish vein swelling and discoloration. We usually only notice it when she is chilled, like when getting undressed or cold out.

 

etiology

 

1) Idiopathic livedo reticularis- completely benign usually affecting young women in the winter

 

2) Secondary livedo reticularis- related to various autoimmune diseases

 

door #1 or door #2???

 

it can also be associated with the presence of cardiolipin antibodies..... GREAT, more antibody issues!!

 

Court's family hx has MS, hyperthyroidism on dad's side and the OCD/mood stuff on my side; perfect pandas storm.

 

Does anybody elses kids have this pattern on their extremities? I never knew what it was called, but Dr. T figured it out.

 

I think it might be diminishing with abx.

[sf_mom]

My almost 3 year old twins do. I've even pointed it out to the Dr. and is present when NOT cold (Dr. passed it off as being cold). I've got them on antibiotics and will keep you posted. Sandpapery rash starting to resolve.

 

-Wendy

 

Court has this skin pattern that can appear on her legs and arms, it looks circular, sort of like large honeycomb/lace-like pattern of purplish vein swelling and discoloration. We usually only notice it when she is chilled, like when getting undressed or cold out.

 

etiology

 

1) Idiopathic livedo reticularis- completely benign usually affecting young women in the winter

 

2) Secondary livedo reticularis- related to various autoimmune diseases

 

door #1 or door #2???

 

it can also be associated with the presence of cardiolipin antibodies..... GREAT, more antibody issues!!

 

Court's family hx has MS, hyperthyroidism on dad's side and the OCD/mood stuff on my side; perfect pandas storm.

 

Does anybody elses kids have this pattern on their extremities? I never knew what it was called, but Dr. T figured it out.

 

I think it might be diminishing with abx.

[kim]

I think we had another report of this or something similar. Was it pixiesmom that posted that her daughter had it, that she mostly noticed when she got out of the bath? Seems I came across this condition when searching "skin stuff," after her post.