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Medical condition
Microvascular occlusion refers to conditions that can present with
retiform purpura .
[1] It has been suggested that
phenylephrine may be a cause.
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Signs and symptoms
Microvascular occlusions appears as bland
necrosis without inflammation and
retiform purpura .
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Causes
Microvascular occlusions can be caused by
heparin-induced thrombocytopenia ,
cryoglobulinemia , angioinvasive organisms,
embolization ,
disseminated intravascular coagulation ,
livedoid vasculopathy , cell occlusion syndromes, and
iatrogenic causes.
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Outlook
The outcomes of microvascular occlusions are usually influenced by the degree, length, nature of the underlying cause, and prompt and effective treatment.
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References
Further reading
Hosseini, Nastaran-Sadat; Babaei, Sharareh; Rahimi, Hamid; Gheissari, Alaleh; Sedaghat, Banafsheh; Pourmahdi-Boroujeni, Mahsa; Abtahi-Naeini, Bahareh (2023-08-22).
"Cutaneous microvascular occlusion syndrome as the first manifestation of catastrophic lupus-associated antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: a case report" . Journal of Medical Case Reports . 17 (1).
doi :
10.1186/s13256-023-04068-9 .
ISSN
1752-1947 .
PMC
10464427 .
PMID
37605287 .
Ko, Christine J.; Gehlhausen, Jeff R.; McNiff, Jennifer M. (2021). "Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis and Microvascular Occlusion". Surgical Pathology Clinics . 14 (2). Elsevier BV: 309–325.
doi :
10.1016/j.path.2021.01.006 .
ISSN
1875-9181 .
External links
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