A short description
Introduction
CMTC is a rare skin affection, which was described for the first time by a Dutch child doctor called Van Lohuizen around 1920. That is why CMTC is also called the 'Van Lohuizen syndrome'.
CMTC is a skin affection on which enlarged blood veins glimmer through the skin. Cutis marmorata means: marbled skin. Telangiectatica relates to the abnormal blood veins en congenita means inborn.
Generally only a part of the skin is affected and the spread over the body is asymmetric, which means one of either side is affected more dramatic than the other. The affection seems to appear with girls more often than with boys. The cause of this is unknown. A marbled skin like CMTC could also appear at a newly born or influenced by outside factors like cold. An important difference with CMTC is that with CMTC is that the marbling is continuously present. It is true that the marbling of the skin can reduce in time. Unfortunately this doesn't always happen.
Heredity
About the heredity of CMTC is not much known. Most people with CMTC are the only ones in their family. There are a few mentions in literature of parents who have CMTC just like their children or of brothers and sisters with that affection.
From literature it can be stated that the chance of repetition of CMTC with a next child is very low. Whether the risk for children of the patient is also low can't be said with certainty at this point in time.
Introduction
CMTC is a rare skin affection, which was described for the first time by a Dutch child doctor called Van Lohuizen around 1920. That is why CMTC is also called the 'Van Lohuizen syndrome'.
CMTC is a skin affection on which enlarged blood veins glimmer through the skin. Cutis marmorata means: marbled skin. Telangiectatica relates to the abnormal blood veins en congenita means inborn.
Generally only a part of the skin is affected and the spread over the body is asymmetric, which means one of either side is affected more dramatic than the other. The affection seems to appear with girls more often than with boys. The cause of this is unknown. A marbled skin like CMTC could also appear at a newly born or influenced by outside factors like cold. An important difference with CMTC is that with CMTC is that the marbling is continuously present. It is true that the marbling of the skin can reduce in time. Unfortunately this doesn't always happen.
Heredity
About the heredity of CMTC is not much known. Most people with CMTC are the only ones in their family. There are a few mentions in literature of parents who have CMTC just like their children or of brothers and sisters with that affection.
From literature it can be stated that the chance of repetition of CMTC with a next child is very low. Whether the risk for children of the patient is also low can't be said with certainty at this point in time.
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