Dermatological aspects of cerebrovascular diseases.

[sneddon syndrome]

Neurological symptoms are sometimes triggered by the same mechanisms as are skin manifestations . They include genetic conditions like the epidermal nevus syndrome , the Sneddon syndrome , Fabry disease and others , as well as certain inflammatory disorders like erythematous lupus , Bechet disease . Basically all conditions giving rise to anticoagulation processes may cause simultaneously neurological and cutaneous manifestations . Cerebrovascular stroke is the third most common condition of death in the developed world after cancer and ischemic heart disease . The mechanisms responsible for development of skin manifestations in patients afflicted by stroke are shortly reviewed . Stroke may also influence the already existent skin diseases .