Korean J Dermatol.  1994 Jun;32(3):528-531.

A Case of Cutaneous Cholesterol Embolism

• Kim YK
• Chae YS
• Suh KS
• Kim ST

Abstract

Cutaneous cholesterol embolism is a disease with severe arterosclercsis of the abdominal aorta in which emboli of cholesterol crystals from atheromatous plaques occlude airterioles. We report a case of cutaneous cholesterol embolism in a 61-year-old man who had livedo reticularis on both his feet for 10 days. Histopathologic findings showed needle-shaped cholesterol clefts viithin the lumina of arterioles. The patient died of myocardial infarction 3 months later.

Keyword

Acrospiroma

MeSH Terms

Acrospiroma
Aorta, Abdominal
Arterioles
Cholesterol*
Embolism, Cholesterol*
Foot
Humans
Livedo Reticularis
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction
Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Cholesterol