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Title: | Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta: case report and review of the literature | Authors: | Pereira, Neide Brinca, Ana Manuel Brites, Maria José Julião, Maria Tellechea, Óscar Gonçalo, Margarida |
Keywords: | Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta; Erythromycin; Methylprednisolone | Issue Date: | Jan-2012 | Publisher: | Karger | Serial title, monograph or event: | Case Reports in Dermatology | Volume: | 4 | Issue: | 1 | Abstract: | We report a case of a 63-year-old man hospitalized for a polymorphous generalized eruption consisting of maculopapules with peripheral scaling, vesicopustules, and ulceronecrotic and crusted lesions measuring 5-20 mm, localized on his trunk and extremities, particularly exuberant in the flexural area. Histopathology showed necrotic keratinocytes with exocytosis of red blood cells and lymphocytes and a dermal perivascular and periadnexal inflammatory infiltrate, composed of CD8+/CD4-/CD30- T cells, indicating the clinical diagnosis of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta. He was treated with erythromycin and methylprednisolone reduced gradually over 5 months, with a slow but complete response; the patient was without lesions after 2 years of follow-up. The authors want to remind of this rare entity which may present difficulties in diagnosis and therapy. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316/109849 | ISSN: | 1662-6567 | DOI: | 10.1159/000337745 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FMUC Medicina - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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