Cutaneous vasculitis associated with pheochromocytoma.
We describe a patient who presented with constitutional symptoms, severe hypertension, and purpuric lesions over the knees, thighs, and penis. The patient was eventually diagnosed as having multiple endocrine neoplasia type II, with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The cutaneous vasculitis persisted despite treatment with high-dose systemic corticosteroids, but rapidly resolved after the removal of bilateral pheochromocytomas. This case demonstrates cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis in association with pheochromocytoma.
Kulp-Shorten
C L
CL
Division of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40202.
Rhodes
R H
RH
Peterson
H
H
Callen
J P
JP
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones