Vasculitis with digital gangrene in a patient with HIV infection.
نویسندگان
چکیده
A case of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) like systemic necrotizing vasculitis in an HIV infected individual, who presented with digital ischaemia is reported. The pathogenesis of PAN in HIV infected patients is not well understood and whether HIV or other agents are directly involved in the vascular injury remains to be established.
منابع مشابه
HIV Quadruple Limb Gangrene: An Unusual Presentation and Review of Literature
Vasculitis is one of the less common but important consequence in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections and presentation with multiple limb gangrene is rare. We therefore report a novel case of quadruple limb gangrene in a patient with HIV infection.
متن کاملHIV status should also be documented in patients with tuberculosis-associated symmetrical peripheral gangrene.
HIV status should also be documented in patients with tuberculosis-associated symmetrical peripheral gangrene Sir, A major difference between the reporting of tuberculosis-associated 'simultaneous quadrilateral gangrene' in the era antedating awareness of the association of tuberculosis and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection, 1 and the reporting of tuberculosis-associated symmetrical...
متن کاملSevere Gangrene Accompanied by Varicella Zoster Virus-Related Vasculitis Mimicking Rheumatoid Vasculitis
Herpes zoster infection occurs more frequently and severely in immunosuppressed populations. However, the condition sometimes presents with atypical clinical manifestations of the skin, which makes it difficult to reach a correct diagnosis. We experienced a case of acral gangrene caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV)-related vasculitis in a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient. Histologically, ne...
متن کاملUse of prostacyclin (iloprost) in digital vasculitis secondary to meningococcaemia
Extrameningeal complications of meningococcal septicaemia occur in about 11–19% of cases, and include myocarditis, acute renal failure, arthritis, pneumonia, skin gangrene, conjunctivitis, endocarditis, pericarditis, endophthalmitis, urethritis, WaterhouseFriderichsen syndrome, vasculitis, and digital ischaemia. We describe the use of a prostacyclin analogue in the treatment of cutaneous digita...
متن کاملSuccessful treatment of gangrene in systemic necrotizing vasculitis with iloprost.
Systemic necrotizing vasculitis is uncommon in children and may be rarely associated with gangrene. We describe a 3-yr-old girl with parvovirus B19-induced necrotizing vasculitis whose digital gangrene was successfully treated with iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue.
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 51 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003