Acute abdominal pain as a leading symptom for Degos' disease (malignant atrophic papulosis).
We report a case of a 16-yr-old white female patient with acute abdominal pain due to visceral involvement of Degos' disease that required extensive small bowel resection. Skin manifestations of her disease had been present for 2 yr before the correct diagnosis. She died as a result of central nervous system involvement from Degos' disease.
Lankisch
M R
MR
Division of Gastroenterology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Johst
P
P
Scolapio
J S
JS
Fleming
C R
CR
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017444:Skin Diseases, Papulosquamous / Q000150:complications*; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000150:complications*