Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection

Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythematous periph...

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Autores principales: Botelho, Luciane Francisca Fernandes, Enokihara, Milvia Maria Simões e Silva, Enokihara, Mauro Yoshiaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27828642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164203
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author Botelho, Luciane Francisca Fernandes
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description Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythematous peripheral rim located on the lower limbs. After blood transfusion and oral zinc supplementation the patient presented an improvement of lesions.
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spelling pubmed-50872272016-11-01 Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection Botelho, Luciane Francisca Fernandes Enokihara, Milvia Maria Simões e Silva Enokihara, Mauro Yoshiaki An Bras Dermatol Case Report Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythematous peripheral rim located on the lower limbs. After blood transfusion and oral zinc supplementation the patient presented an improvement of lesions. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5087227/ /pubmed/27828642 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164203 Text en ©2016 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection
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title_full Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection
title_fullStr Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection
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title_short Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection
title_sort necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis c virus infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27828642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164203
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