Bacillary angiomatosis following the use of long-term methotrexate therapy: a case report.
Bacillary angiomatosis, a rare and possibly fatal disease, occurs mainly in HIV-infected patients. However, it has been reported in patients with cancer and in recipients of solid organs receiving immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporine. This case report describes a 66-year-old man who came to dermatology practice in Clarksburg for an initial visit. He had a longstanding history of psoriasis and psoriatric arthritis treated with methotrexate. A biopsy of a skin lesion on his neck confirmed the diagnosis of bacillary angiomatosis.
Kreitzer
Todd
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Obleness Memorial Hospital, Athens, Ohio, USA.
Saoud
Allen
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D000368:Aged; D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000139:chemically induced; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors
D005493:Folic Acid Antagonists; D004318:Doxycycline; D008727:Methotrexate