title: Diffuse atrophic papules and plaques, intermittent abdominal pain, paresthesias, and cardiac abnormalities in a 55-year-old woman.
abstract: KEY TEACHING POINTS.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Medicine, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boehm
authors.affiliation: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Rosing
authors.affiliation: Center for Rheumatology, Saratoga Springs, New York.
authors.forename: Lee S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Daniel T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Merkel
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Chyi-Chia Richard
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: cowene@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Edward W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Cowen
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054853:Malignant Atrophic Papulosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011728:Pyridones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D065427:Factor Xa Inhibitors; D011720:Pyrazoles; D011728:Pyridones; C522181:apixaban; C481642:eculizumab; D008790:Metoprolol
keywords: Degos disease; complement; eculizumab; interferon; malignant atrophic papulosis; treprostinil; vasculopathy