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Penicillin-induced cutaneous necrotizing eosinophilic vasculitis with cryofibrinogenemia
Branislav Lekić
Mirjana Gajić-Veljić
Branka Bonači-Nikolić
Miloš Nikolić
; Department of DermatovenereologyFaculty of Medicine, University of BelgradePasterova 211000 BelgradeSerbia
Abstract
Cutaneous necrotizing eosinophilic vasculitis (CNEV) is a rare type of vasculitis. Eosinophilic vasculitis is a necrotizing vasculitis with eosinophilic vascular infiltration, in which eosinophils mediate vascular damage in the disease process. We present a case of an 18-year-old girl who developed palpable purpura and hemorrhagic bullae over the lower extremities associated with itching, 7 days after the commencement of penicillin therapy. Plasma cryofibrinogen was positive. Histopathology showed an infiltration of eosinophils within and around the vessel walls and a complete absence of nuclear dust and neutrophils. Oral prednisone at 1 mg/kg induced remission in 2 weeks; the prednisone dose was tapered and discontinued after 2.5 months. There was no evidence of recurrence after 37 months of follow-up. Our patient represents a rare case of drug/penicillin-induced CNEV associated with cryofibrinogenemia, without systemic organ involvement.
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Publication date:
25.4.2019.
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