Cutis marmorata as a manifestation of decompression illness
https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2020.8950
Accepted: 18 May 2020
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We present imagines of skin lesions due to a decompression illness (known as cutis marmorata). These alterations are usually transient, but they could be a warning sign of a more severe manifestation of decompression illness.
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