RECURRENT IMPETIGO HERPETIFORMIS WITH DIABETES AND HYPOALBUMINEMIA SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH CYCLOSPORINE, ALBUMIN, INSULIN AND METFORMIN

We report the case of a patient with recurrent impetigo herpetiformis associated with diabetes mellitus, hypoalbuminemia, and hypocalcaemia; who was refractory to corticosteroids. Cyclosporine along with other supportive measures proved to be life-saving with maintenance of pregnancy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lakshmi, Chembolli, Srinivas, C R, Paul, Sarah, Chitra, T V, Kanchanamalai, K, Somasundaram, L S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606891
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.62757
Descripción
Sumario:We report the case of a patient with recurrent impetigo herpetiformis associated with diabetes mellitus, hypoalbuminemia, and hypocalcaemia; who was refractory to corticosteroids. Cyclosporine along with other supportive measures proved to be life-saving with maintenance of pregnancy.

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