title: Livedoid vasculopathy: an intringuing cutaneous disease.
abstract: Livedoid vasculopathy is a skin disease that occludes the blood vessels of the dermis. It has a pauciinflammatory or non-inflammatory nature. It is characterized by the presence of macular or papular, erythematous-purpuric lesions affecting the legs, especially the ankles and feet, and producing intensely painful ulcerations, which cause white atrophic scars called "atrophie blanche". This review includes studies and case reports found in the medical literature regarding the etiopathogenic associations of the disease, particularly those related to thrombophilia, their histopathological findings and the therapeutic approaches used in the difficult clinical management of these cases.
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Dermatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil. prcriado@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Paulo Ricardo
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Criado
authors.forename: Evandro Ararigboia
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Rivitti
authors.forename: Mirian Nacagami
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Sotto
authors.forename: Neusa Yuriko Sakai
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Jozelio Freire de
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Cidia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vasconcellos
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D054068:Livedo Reticularis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors