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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Causes
Common Causes
The blue discoloration that is seen in a person with acrocyanosis may also be caused by argyria or DADPS.
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Atheromatous embolism, Myocardial infarction, pulmonary hypertension |
| Chemical / poisoning | Arsenic poisoning |
| Dermatologic | Acrocyanosis of infancy, black foot disease, fucosidosis, livedoid vasculopathy, remittent idiopathic necrotizing acrocyanosis, scleroderma, sulfhemoglobinemia |
| Drug Side Effect | Amphotericin B deoxycholate, butyl nitrate, imipramine, interferon 2 alpha |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | Ethylmalonic encephalopathy, scleroderma |
| Genetic | Genetic |
| Hematologic | Antiphospholipid syndrome, cold agglutinin disease, cryoglobulinemia, essential thrombocytopenia, methemoglobinemia, secondary polycythemia, sulfhemoglobinemia |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | Puffy hand syndrome, Van Bogaert-Hozay syndrome |
| Neurologic | Brachial plexus neuropathy, spinal cord injury, stroke, waldenström macroglobulinemia |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | Anorexia nervosa, asperger disease, schizophrenia |
| Pulmonary | Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | Buerger's disease, erythromelalgia, wegener's granulomatosis |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | Idiopathic |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Acrocyanosis of infancy
- Amphotericin B deoxycholate
- Anorexia nervosa
- Antiphospholipid syndrome
- Arsenic poisoning
- Asperger disease
- Atheromatous embolism
- Black foot disease
- Brachial plexus neuropathy
- Buerger's disease
- Butyl nitrate
- Cold agglutinin disease
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Erythromelalgia
- Essential thrombocytopenia
- Ethylmalonic encephalopathy
- Fucosidosis
- Genetic
- Idiopathic
- Imipramine
- Interferon 2 alpha
- Livedoid vasculopathy
- Methemoglobinemia
- Myocardial infarction
- Puffy hand syndrome
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Remittent idiopathic necrotizing acrocyanosis
- Schizophrenia
- Scleroderma
- Secondary polycythemia
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Sulfhemoglobinemia
- Van Bogaert-Hozay syndrome
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia
- Wegener's granulomatosis