Title
Clinical, Dermoscopic and Histologic Features of Recurrent Cutaneous Eosinophilic Vasculitis Cases
Other title
Características clínicas, dermatoscópicas e histológicas de varios casos de vasculitis eosinofílica recurrente cutánea
Date Issued
01 September 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Quijano-Gomero E.
RODRIGUEZ ZUÑIGA, MILTON JOSE MAX
Sanz-Montero M.
Durand-Buse D.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Doyma
Abstract
Primary recurrent cutaneous eosinophilic vasculitis is a rare condition characterized by pruritic, erythematous, purpuric plaques associated to edema. We compared and analyze the clinical, dermoscopic and histological features of the disease in 4 patients from our hospital and 13 patients published in the literature. Seventeen patients were included, with a median age of 56 yo, a median duration of disease of 6 months. Lesions were most frequently generalized (47%) or localized in lower limbs (41%). The most frequent features were purpuric color (71%), local edema (65%), necrotizing vasculitis (94%) and eosinophil infiltration (100%) in histology. Most of the patients (82.4%) were given oral steroids with a median dose of 30 mg. Primary recurrent cutaneous eosinophilic vasculitis might be an infra-diagnosed condition. The analysis of the patients allowed us to propose diagnostic criteria for the definition of this disease. We suggest a therapeutic strategy with high-potency steroids and dapsone, which might be considered as first-line treatment.
Start page
590
End page
596
Volume
110
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85048708486
PubMed ID
Source
Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas
ISSN of the container
0001-7310
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