Erythema elevatum diutinum in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients--report of a case and review of the literature.
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/mm3, 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 date. A brief review of these seven cases is described.
Hospital General Penitenciario, Madrid, Spain.
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D000328:Adult; D004890:Erythema / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology