[Necrotizing vasculitis induced by cytomegalovirus in a woman with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome].
BACKGROUND
Skin lesions induced by cytomegalovirus are rare and usually non-characteristic.


METHODS
A 32-year-old women with AIDS developed about twenty unpainful ulceronecrotic lesions on the extension aspect of the members and the trunk. Histology examination and in situ hybridization favoured cytomegalovirus infection of the skin.


CONCLUSIONS
Despite the exceptional nature of this case, this particular clinical presentation should be recognized as it could be useful for early diagnosis of cytomegalovirus infection in immunodepressed subjects.
Ghigliotti
G
G
Division de Dermatologie de l'Hôpital San Martino, Gênes.
Canessa
A
A
Pastorino
A
A
Mazzarello
G
G
De Marchi
R
R
Gambini
C
C
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000821:virology*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
Vasculite nécrosante produite par le cytomégalovirus chez une malade atteinte du syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise.