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Cutaneous manifestation of Chagas' disease after heart transplantation: successful treatment with allopurinol
Author(s) -
TOMIMORIYAMASHITA J.,
DEPS P.D.,
ALMEIDA D.R.,
ENOKIHARA M.M.S.S.,
SEIXAS M.T.,
FREYMÜLLER E.
Publication year - 1997
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.1365-2133.1997.tb03800.x
Subject(s) - allopurinol , medicine , chagas disease , cardiomyopathy , heart transplantation , transplantation , disease , heart disease , dermatology , surgery , cardiology , pathology , heart failure
Summary We describe two patients who underwent cardiac transplantation for chronic cardiomyopathy of Chagas' disease, and in whom the disease was reactivated with the development of cutaneous lesions. In both cases, the skin lesions regressed completely after 2 months of therapy with allopurinol.