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Erythema elevatum diutinum in human immunodeficiency virus‐infected patients — report of a case and review of the literature
Author(s) -
DRONDA F.,
GONZÁLEZLÓPEZ A.,
LECONA M.,
BARROS C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00069.x
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , university hospital , general hospital , family medicine , library science , humanities , dermatology , art , computer science
Summary Erythema elevatum diutinum (EED) is a rare chronic disease of unknown origin, part of the spectrum of cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis, A case of EED in a 32‐year‐old HIV‐infected male patient, with no previous opportunistic infections and a CD4+ cell count of less than 200/mm 3 is reported. Therapy with oral dapsone (100 mg/day for 15 days) resulted in clinical cure with no relapse after 6 months of follow‐up. To our knowledge, only six cases of EED in HIV‐positive patients have been reported to dale. A brief review of these seven cases is described.