Ischemic neuropathy associated with livedoid vasculitis.

BACKGROUND

Livedoid vasculitis is a chronic dermatological problem with an unclear etiology. Clinical findings are petechiae with painful ulcers in both lower extremities, which heal to become hyperpigmented and porcelain-white satellite lesions. There are only a few reported cases of livedoid vasculitis presenting in combination with peripheral neuropathy.

CASE REPORT: We report the first case of a Korean patient presenting with mononeuritis multiplex combined with livedoid vasculitis, which was confirmed by electrophysiological and pathological studies.

CONCLUSIONS

Our report supports the possible vaso-occlusive etiology of livedoid vasculitis in multifocal ischemic neuropathy.