title: [Red fingers syndrome in the course of HIV infection. A new case].
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus can be associated with vascular manifestations such as arteritis mainly with cerebrovascular localization, arterial aneurysms or accelerated formation of atherosclerosis lesions. Red fingers syndrome has been recently described in i.v.-drug patients with HIV and hepatitis C infection. We report a new case in a 36-year old woman, and suggest that this syndrome must be considered as a new microcirculatory manifestation of HIV infection. Red fingers syndrome in patients with HIV is likely secondary to co-infection with hepatitis C or immunological disturbances-associated such as cryoglobulinemia.
authors.affiliation: Département de Médecine Interne, CHU Rouen-Boisguillaume, Rouen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lair
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Levesque
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cailleux
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gueit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delbarre
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Humbert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Courtois
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D013577:Syndrome