Relax from the holiday on the edge of the lagoon : turquoise waters and red legs !

J Haar , A Garcia , J. Morin , J Morand (1) , J Blatteau

1 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes

We report a case of livedo reticularis of the lower limbs in a 30-year-old woman scuba diver after a diving session. Consideration of the differential diagnoses, the clinical picture, and the course of the symptoms led to a diagnosis of cutaneous decompression sickness. This accident, which resolved favorably in this scuba diver without any right-to-left shunt, is an alarm signal that calls for her to comply strictly with safety rules before resuming scuba diving, to avoid a more serious accident.

Mots clés: cutaneous decompression sickness; cutis marmorata

Domaines: Bactériologie; Virologie; Parasitologie; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire; Maladies émergentes; Maladies infectieuses

J Haar, A Garcia, J. Morin, J Morand, J Blatteau. Relax from the holiday on the edge of the lagoon : turquoise waters and red legs !. Médecine et santé tropicales , 2019, ⟨10.1684/mst.2019.0862⟩. ⟨hal-02263760⟩