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VASCULAR DISEASES
Arterial fibromuscular dysplasia 
AD 138:1296–1298, 2002
Arteriosclerosis 
AD 138:1296–1298, 2002; Rook p.2231, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Arteriovenous fistulae – vascular steal syndrome in
hemodialysis patients with arteriovenous fistulae 
AD
138:1296–1298, 2002; Rook p.2731, 1998, Sixth Edition
Emboli – from cardiac myxomas 
BJD 147:379–382, 2002
Erythromelalgia – associated with thrombocythemia – may affect
one finger or toe; ischemic necrosis 
JAAD 22:107–111, 1990
Essential thrombocythemia 
JAAD 24:59–63, 1991
Histiocytoid hemangioma 
JAAD 21:404–409, 1989
Hypersensitivity vasculitis
Microscopic polyarteritis nodosa 
AD 128:1223–1228, 1992
Polyarteritis nodosa
Radial artery removal for coronary bypass grafting
AD 138:1296–1298, 2002
Raynaud’s disease/phenomenon
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger’s disease) 
Rook p.2233,
1998, Sixth Edition; Am J Med Sci 136:567–580, 1908
Thromboembolic phenomena – cardiac source, arterial source,
aneurysm (subclavian or axillary arteries), infection,
hypercoagulable state 
AD 138:1296–1298, 2002
Wegener’s granulomatosis 
Cutis 32:41–51, 1993
FLUSHING DISORDERS
AUTONOMIC NERVE-MEDIATED FLUSHING
(THERMOREGULATORY) 
Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry’s disease
(
α
-galactosidase A)) – X-linked recessive; autonomic flushing
of the extremities 
Rook p.2638, 1998, Sixth Edition; NEJM
276:1163–1167, 1967
Auriculotemporal flushing (von Frey’s syndrome) 
Ped Derm
17:126–128, 2000; Ann Plast Surg 29:217–222, 1992
FLUSHING DISORDERS
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Blushing (physiologic flushing) – emotional
Central nervous system lesions
Autonomic hyperreflexia – spinal cord lesions
Ciliary neuralgia (cluster headaches) – unilateral periorbital
headache with lacrimation and conjunctival injection with
unilateral flushing of the face 
Rook p.2782, 1998,
Sixth Edition
Destruction of the Gasserian ganglion 
J Neurol Neurosurg
Psychiatry 46:611–616, 1983
Diencephalic autonomic epilepsy
Horner’s syndrome, including congenital Horner’s syndrome –
unilateral facial flushing 
J Neurol Neurosurg Psiachiatry
53:85–86
Hypertensive diencephalic syndrome – hyperhidrosis and
blotchy erythema of face and neck with salivation,
tachycardia, and sustained hypertension 
Rook p.2782, 1998,
Sixth Edition; Rook p.2782, 1998, Sixth Edition
Organic psychosis 
Ann Intern Med 98:30–34, 1983
Lesions of pons, medulla, cortex
Tumors compressing the third ventricle
Increased intracranial pressure 
J Neurosurg 92:1040–1044,
2000
Cholinergic urticaria 
BJD 110:587–910, 1984
Flushing after breaking of a fever
Gustatory flushing, including congenital gustatory flushing
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 104:878–880, 1991
Hyperthermia from exercise; from exogenous heat
Physiologic flushing – exercise, emotions, hot drinks
Physiologic gustatory sweating
Spinal cord injuries – facial flushing accompanying profuse
sweating of face, neck, upper trunk with lesions at or above
T6 
JAAD 20:713–726, 1989