Open AccessUnusual cause of lower extremity wounds: Cobb syndrome
Author(s) -
Abtahinaeini Bahareh,
Saffaei Ali,
Pourazizi Mohsen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/iwj.12494
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , spinal cord , vascular malformation , surgery , klippel trenaunay syndrome , soft tissue , psychiatry
Cobb syndrome (Cutaneomeningospinal Angiomatosis) is a rare segmental neurocutaneous syndrome associated with metameric cutaneous and spinal cord arteriovenous malformations ( AVMs ). In this syndrome, capillary malformation or angiokeratoma‐like lesions are formed in a dermatomal distribution, with an AVM in the corresponding segment of the spinal cord. The spinal cord lesions can cause neurological disorder and paraplegia, which typically develop during young adulthood. We report a 32‐year‐old male with the Cobb syndrome associated with lower extremity painful wounds and acute‐onset paraplegia due to metameric vascular malformations.