Erythema Annulare Centrifugum: A Rare Skin Finding of Autoimmune Hepatitis

Erythema annulare centrifugum is characterized by dermal perivascular lymphocytic infiltrates. It is often associated with infections, autoimmune or neoplastic diseases but in most cases the cause is unexplained. A case of erythema annulare centrifugum related to autoimmune hepatitis in a 24-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Aygun, Cem, Kocaman, Orhan, Gurbuz, Yesim, Celebi, Altay, Senturk, Omer, Hulagu, Sadettin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27956993
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr2010.04.181w
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author Aygun, Cem
Kocaman, Orhan
Gurbuz, Yesim
Celebi, Altay
Senturk, Omer
Hulagu, Sadettin
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Kocaman, Orhan
Gurbuz, Yesim
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description Erythema annulare centrifugum is characterized by dermal perivascular lymphocytic infiltrates. It is often associated with infections, autoimmune or neoplastic diseases but in most cases the cause is unexplained. A case of erythema annulare centrifugum related to autoimmune hepatitis in a 24-year-old woman is described in this case report. Clinical response of the autoimmune hepatitis to a combination therapy with corticosteroids and azothiopurine was achieved. Although partially regressed for the first 12 months of theraphy, the skin lesions did not disappear completely. However, after 18 months of continious treatment there was no skin lesion.
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spelling pubmed-51398772016-12-12 Erythema Annulare Centrifugum: A Rare Skin Finding of Autoimmune Hepatitis Aygun, Cem Kocaman, Orhan Gurbuz, Yesim Celebi, Altay Senturk, Omer Hulagu, Sadettin Gastroenterology Res Case Report Erythema annulare centrifugum is characterized by dermal perivascular lymphocytic infiltrates. It is often associated with infections, autoimmune or neoplastic diseases but in most cases the cause is unexplained. A case of erythema annulare centrifugum related to autoimmune hepatitis in a 24-year-old woman is described in this case report. Clinical response of the autoimmune hepatitis to a combination therapy with corticosteroids and azothiopurine was achieved. Although partially regressed for the first 12 months of theraphy, the skin lesions did not disappear completely. However, after 18 months of continious treatment there was no skin lesion. Elmer Press 2010-04 2010-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5139877/ /pubmed/27956993 http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr2010.04.181w Text en Copyright 2010, Aygun et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Celebi, Altay
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Erythema Annulare Centrifugum: A Rare Skin Finding of Autoimmune Hepatitis
title Erythema Annulare Centrifugum: A Rare Skin Finding of Autoimmune Hepatitis
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title_fullStr Erythema Annulare Centrifugum: A Rare Skin Finding of Autoimmune Hepatitis
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title_short Erythema Annulare Centrifugum: A Rare Skin Finding of Autoimmune Hepatitis
title_sort erythema annulare centrifugum: a rare skin finding of autoimmune hepatitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27956993
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr2010.04.181w
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