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ArticleDiving and hyperbaric medicine2023

Atypical distally distributed cutis marmorata decompression sickness associated with unconventional use of thermal protection in a diver with persistent foramen ovale.

Petra Magri Gatt, Emily Diacono, Lyubisa Matity, Kurt Magri

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Article in Diving and hyperbaric medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Petra Magri GattDepartment of Medicine, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.
Emily DiaconoUniversity of Malta, Msida, Malta.
Lyubisa MatityHyperbaric and Tissue Viability Unit, Gozo General Hospital, Victoria, Gozo.
Kurt MagriBaromedicine Department, Hyperbaric Unit, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta.
Mater Dei Hospital · MTUniversity of Malta · MT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutis marmorata is a mottled, marbling, livedoid rash caused by vascular inflammation and congestion in cutaneous decompression sickness. It may occur during or after ascent due to the formation of bubbles from dissolved nitrogen accumulated throughout the dive. It is strongly associated with the presence of right to left shunts, particularly persistent (patent) foramen ovale (PFO). We report a case of cutis marmorata decompression sickness of an unusual pattern associated with unconventional use of thermal protection (a 'shorty' wetsuit worn over full suit) by a diver with a PFO. The patient also had neurological manifestations of decompression sickness. The distal lower limb pattern of involvement favours the hypothesis that cutis marmorata in humans is likely to be due to bubbles in the skin itself and/or adjacent tissues rather than cerebrally mediated.

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Decompression SicknessDivingExanthemaForamen Ovale, PatentLivedo ReticularisHumansDecompression illnessPathophysiologyRight-to-left shuntWetsuit

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PMID37718304
PMCPMC10735701
OpenAlexW4386818457

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