Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease: a case report and review of the literature.
A 32-year-old male with febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (FUMHD) responsive to methotrexate is reported. This is a severe variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta characterized by the acute onset of a widespread ulceronecrotic cutaneous eruption together with high fever and systemic involvement. To our knowledge, only 13 patients with FUMHD have been reported to date.
Suárez
J
J
Section of Dermatology, Hospital La Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
López
B
B
Villalba
R
R
Perera
A
A
D000328:Adult; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017514:Pityriasis Lichenoides / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012883:Skin Ulcer
D003879:Dermatologic Agents; D008727:Methotrexate