title: Livedo reticularis, developmental delay and stroke-like episode in a 7-year-old male.
abstract: Livedo reticularis is a vascular abnormality of the skin resulting in an erythematous reticular rash. The combination of livedo reticularis and stroke-like episodes in adults is known as Sneddon syndrome [Sneddon, IB (1965). Br J Dermatol 77:180-188]. A similar combination of stroke-like episodes and livedo reticularis has been reported to occur in children [Baxter P et al. (1993). Dev Med Child Neuro 35:917-926]. We present here a 7-year-old male with congenital livedo reticularis, obesity, developmental delay, stroke-like episode, hypertension and cystic kidneys. We summarize our patient's findings and family history, and compare his disorder to other possibly related conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5251, USA.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dusick
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Andreoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edwards-Brown
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D010375:Pedigree; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis; D018860:Sneddon Syndrome / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis