Smolle E, Lumenta DB, Haybaeck J, Gary T, Brodmann M, Eller P. A unilateral dermatomal venous malformation.
J Vasc Surg Cases 2015;
1:272-275. [PMID:
31724654 PMCID:
PMC6849999 DOI:
10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.10.004]
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Abstract
Venous malformations (VMs) are the most common vascular malformations, forming 44% to 64% of all vascular malformations. We report a case of a patient suffering from unilateral dermatomal VM. The VM was strictly confined to the right C6 dermatome. We propose that unilateral dermatomal VM is a prime example of somatic mosaicism in vascular development. Unilateral dermatomal VM seems to have a similar pathogenesis to the Sturge-Weber syndrome and may also be caused by somatic mutations disrupting the development of skin veins.
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