Skin ulcerations as manifestation of vasculopathy in neurofibromatosis.
Vascular involvement in neurofibromatosis sometimes occurs and usually affects larger blood vessels of internal organs. We describe an unusual case of a now 41-year-old man with extensive skin involvement with ulcerations and histopathologic features of fibromuscular dysplasia, which has not been previously reported in the skin.
Ljunggren
Bo
B
Department of Dermatology, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden. Bo.Ljunggren@derm.mas.lu.se
Holst
Rolf
R
Simanaitis
Mecislovas
M
Rausing
Alf
A
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*