Cutis marmorata (from

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''marmor'', "marble") is a benign skin condition which, if persistent, occurs in

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and

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syndromes. When a newborn infant is exposed to low environmental temperatures, an evanescent, lacy, reticulated red and/or blue cutaneous vascular pattern appears over most of the body surface. This vascular change represents an accentuated physiologic

vasomotor Vasomotor refers to actions upon a blood vessel which alter its diameter. More specifically, it can refer to vasodilator action and vasoconstrictor action. Control Sympathetic innervation Sympathetic nerve fibers travel around the tunica media of ...

response that disappears with increasing age, although it is sometimes discernible even in older children. It is also seen in

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Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita Cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita is a rare congenital vascular disorder that usually manifests in affecting the blood vessels of the skin. The condition was first recognised and described in 1922 by Cato van Lohuizen, a Dutch pediatricia ...

is clinically similar, but the lesions are more intense, may be segmental, are persistent, and may be associated with loss of dermal tissue, epidermal atrophy and ulceration.

In decompression sickness

Cutis marmorata also occurs in

decompression sickness Decompression sickness (abbreviated DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompressio ...

(DCS). Although it is considered Type I DCS, which is non-neurological, it is typically treated as if the patient has the more severe Type II DCS. This is because past experience in diving medicine has shown that patients initially presented with only this symptom have a high likelihood of progression to neurological, Type II, DCS without prompt treatment.{{cite manual , author = U.S. Navy Supervisor of Diving , title = U.S. Navy Diving Manual , version = SS521-AG-PRO-010, revision 6 , year = 2008 , publisher = U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command , url = http://supsalv.org/pdf/DiveMan_rev6.pdf , format = PDF , accessdate = 28 July 2014 , volume = 5 , pages = 20–25 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110305032723/http://www.supsalv.org/pdf/DiveMan_rev6.pdf , archive-date = 5 March 2011 , url-status = dead The marbling does not resolve until few days after treatment, but any

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(itching) will likely disappear upon initial recompression.

References

Skin conditions resulting from physical factors