Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review

Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and potentially fatal variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and is characterized by high fever, constitutional symptoms, and acute oncet of ulceronecrotic lesions. We present an 11-year-old male with Febrile Ulceronecrotic M...

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Main Authors: Isil Bulur, Hilal Kaya Erdoğan, Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu, Deniz Arık
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357973
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spelling doaj-4924a0ca708b47d394ca31acc7c60d392020-11-24T22:56:16ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712015-01-01201510.1155/2015/357973357973Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature ReviewIsil Bulur0Hilal Kaya Erdoğan1Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu2Deniz Arık3Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyFebrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and potentially fatal variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and is characterized by high fever, constitutional symptoms, and acute oncet of ulceronecrotic lesions. We present an 11-year-old male with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease who was cured with methotrexate and review the use of methotrexate for this disorder in the pediatric age group with the relevant literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357973
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author Isil Bulur
Hilal Kaya Erdoğan
Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu
Deniz Arık
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Hilal Kaya Erdoğan
Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu
Deniz Arık
Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
author_facet Isil Bulur
Hilal Kaya Erdoğan
Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu
Deniz Arık
author_sort Isil Bulur
title Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort methotrexate treatment in children with febrile ulceronecrotic mucha-habermann disease: case report and literature review
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
issn 2090-6463
2090-6471
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and potentially fatal variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and is characterized by high fever, constitutional symptoms, and acute oncet of ulceronecrotic lesions. We present an 11-year-old male with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease who was cured with methotrexate and review the use of methotrexate for this disorder in the pediatric age group with the relevant literature.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357973
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