A Diagnostically Challenging Case of Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease in an Adult Female Successfully Treated with Methotrexate and Cyclosporine

A Diagnostically Challenging Case of Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease in an Adult Female Successfully Treated with Methotrexate and Cyclosporine

Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (FUMHD) is a rare and severe variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) characterized by intermittent pyrexia, acute onset of generalized ulceronecrotic lesions, and histopathology suggestive of PLEVA. Prompt diagnosis and treatmen...

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Main Authors: Tracy Ngo, Claudia Hossain, Jason Cohen, Beth McLellan, Rachel Blasiak, Eugene Balagula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatology
Subjects:
febrile ulceronecrotic mucha-habermann disease
pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta
pityriasis lichenoides with ulceronecrosis and hyperthermia
methotrexate
cyclosporine
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