title: Chronic periaortitis (retroperitoneal fibrosis) concurrent with recurrent cutaneous eosinophilic vasculitis.
abstract: Chronic periaortitis (CP) is usually accompanied by at least mild manifestations of systemic autoimmunity; however, skin manifestations are rare. Here, we report an 82-year-old woman presenting with a pruritic annular eosinophilic dermatosis that led to the diagnosis of recurrent cutaneous eosinophilic vasculitis (RCEV) coexisting with a latent CP. The present paper is reminder that a CP should be included as a potential differential diagnosis in the elaboration of patients with cutaneous vasculitis that is suspicious of underlying autoimmunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina and University Hospital of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: Despoina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiorpelidou
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gaitanis
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zioga
authors.forename: Athina C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tsili
authors.forename: Ioannis D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Bassukas