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Revista Colombiana de Reumatología
Print version ISSN 0121-8123
Abstract
CARPIO-CHANAME, Cesar R.; VILCHEZ-RIVERA, Stalin and FAILOC-ROJAS, Virgilio E.. Sneddon syndrome associated with antiphospholipid syndrome: clinical descriptions and a literature review. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2017, vol.24, n.3, pp.185-188. ISSN 0121-8123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2017.02.005.
Sneddon syndrome is a rare non-inflammatory obliterative vasculopathy, characterised by the association of cardiovascular (arterial hypertension, intermittent claudication, and coronary artery disease) and neurological events (ischaemic stroke, headache, dizziness and convulsions), and livedo reticularis/livedo racemosa. The case is presented of a woman admitted with an ischaemic neurological disease, hypertension, vascular problems, and skin lesions. The skin biopsy was classified as surface perivascular lymphocytic dermatitis, suggestive of occlusive lesion.
Keywords : Sneddon syndrome; Livedo reticularis; Antiphospholipid syndrome.