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Cutaneous fibroses induced by Borrelia burgdorferi
Author(s) -
MARSCH W. CH.,
MAYET A.,
WOLTER M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb00264.x
Subject(s) - borrelia burgdorferi , medicine , borrelia , borrelia burgdorferi infection , lyme disease , pathology , fibrosis , dermatology , acrodermatitis , immunology , antibody , alternative medicine
Summary Three cases of chronic intection with Borrelia burgdorferi are descrihed. The patients presented with nodular or discoid fibrosis, partly in conjunction with acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). Juxta‐articular fihrotic nodules may develop within a few months of the onset of ACA. Nodular, discoid morphoea‐like, and widespread cutaneous fibroses in chronic Borrelia infection may be provoked by trauma, surgery or electromagnetic radiation. They respond well to antibiotic therapy. These lesions offer an in vivo model for studying the evolution of immunologically induced fibrosis.