Acral purpuric plaques in a woman with asthma: a case of allergic granulomatosis angiitis.
Allergic granulomatosis angiitis (AGA) is a rare systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Most patients are adults in their third to fourth decade of life. The combination of asthma, eosinophilia, and necrotizing vasculitis is almost invariably present. Cutaneous lesions are found in up to 70% of the patients and include nodules, hemorrhagic lesions, and erythema multiformelike lesions. We provide a case report of a 30-year-old woman with asthma who presented with acral purpuric plaques and was diagnosed with AGA.
Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, 3000 W Cypress Creek Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D002927:Cimetidine; D011241:Prednisone