Img of cutis marmorata ("skin bends") on the buttock of a female diver.+

[DocVikingo]

Now this is how you get readers on this forum to open a post ; )

For those few interested the actual article, it's at --> BMJ Case Reports 2014; doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-203975; Cutis marmorata marbling in an individual with decompression illness following repetitive SCUBA diving; Michael M Modell.


Figure 1
Cutis marmorata marbling (left gluteal) occurring in a 49-year-old female self-SCUBA diver with decompression illness.

BTW, the diver was found to have a PFO.

Cheers,

DocVikingo

 

[chillyinCanada]

That's very like the appearance the twice I've had it. Mine wasn't quite that extensive though. Not so much butt cheeks as tummy and upper hips. Painful, deep pain. I'm assuming this subject had other symptoms as well?

 

[DocVikingo]

I'm assuming this subject had other symptoms as well?

Hey Chilly,

Correct, including some neuro sxs.

Cheers,

DocV

 

[Duke Dive Medicine]

Now this is how you get readers on this forum to open a post ; )

Signed in so fast I messed up my password.

Great photo and article!

 

[fisheater]

Yes. Many thanks. The photo didn't match the image I had in my head of what I would expect it to look like.

Seeing the real deal helped a lot.


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[Saturation]

Cutis is a bad prognostic sign, it means severe DCS and higher fatality risk.

MMS: Error

Taken at the scene ~ 12 hours before fatal outcome despite recompression.

 

[DocVikingo]

Regards,

DocVikingo

 

[lionfish-eater]

Eye bleach:

 

[AFdivedoc]

This one got her rash on her dive vacation, and significant neuro symptoms on the flight home: