title: Acquired reactive perforating collagenosis associated with sick euthyroid syndrome.
abstract: Acquired reactive perforating collagenosis is a rare skin disorder associated with several systemic diseases, particularly diabetes and chronic renal failure. A 52-year-old Saudi female patient with a known case of diabetes mellitus type II, chronic renal impairment, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, congestive heart failure, stroke and left hemiplegia presented with multiple pruritic skin eruption on the trunk and extremities. We believe that this is the first case of acquired reactive perforating collagenosis in association with sick euthyroid syndrome to be reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, King Faisal Hospital, PO Box 5970, Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. m_fatani@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mohamad I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Fatani
authors.forename: Yousef M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Al-Ghamdi
authors.forename: Khalid A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Al-Afif
authors.forename: Magdy R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abdulghani
authors.forename: Talal M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Karima
mesh_terms: D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology; D005067:Euthyroid Sick Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011537:Pruritus / Q000453:epidemiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen