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Arborescent Vascular Dilatation Mimicking Lichtenberg Figures from Lightning
Author(s) -
Tempark Therdpong,
Iwasaki Julie,
Shwayder Tor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12350
Subject(s) - medicine , vascular occlusion , lightning (connector) , presentation (obstetrics) , occlusion , cardiology , surgery , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The clinical presentation of arborizing vascular dilatation can resemble Lichtenberg figures from lightning. Both have a feather‐like or ferning pattern. We report an interesting case of pressure‐induced vasodilatation ( PIV ) caused by temporary vascular occlusion from jeans buttons.