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Cutis Marmorata

Aka: Cutis Marmorata

Definition
1. Normal cold response in newborns that resolves with rewarming
2. Symmetric skin mottling involving an infant's trunk and extremities
Physiology
1. Normal newborn physiologic response to cold
Symptoms
1. Episodic mottling with cold exposure for the first few months of life
Signs
1. Skin mottling symmetrically involving the trunk and extremities
Management
1. Resolves with rewarming of skin
References
1. O'Connor (2008) Am Fam Physician 77:47-52

Cutis marmorata (C0263401)
Concepts	Disease or Syndrome (T047)
SnomedCT	201304006, 26825009
English	Telangiectatica Congenita, cutis marmorata, Cutis marmorata (disorder), cutis; marmorata, marmorata; cutis, Cutis marmorata, Cutis Marmorata
Dutch	cutis marmorata, cutis; marmorata, marmorata; cutis
French	Cutis marmorata vascularis
German	Cutis marmorata
Italian	Cute marmorata
Portuguese	Cutis marmorata
Japanese	大理石様皮膚, ﾀﾞｲﾘｾｷﾖｳﾋﾌ
Spanish	Cutis marmorata, piel marmórea (trastorno), piel marmórea
Czech	Cutis marmorata
Hungarian	Cutis marmorata
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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