Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann's disease.
A patient with febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann's disease manifested the characteristic features of this entity. These include a polymorphous eruption with histopathologic findings of Mucha-Habermann's disease, large ulceronecrotic skin lesions, intermittent high fever, and constitutional symptoms. The patient was unique in that he also had malabsorption and eosinophilia. This disease may represent a hypersensitivity reaction. To our knowledge, there are five previous cases of febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann's disease reported in the world literature.
D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010915:Pityriasis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*