Granuloma annulare masquerading as molluscum contagiosum–like eruption in an HIV-positive African woman - 29/08/11
, Saleem K Goolamali, MD, FRCP b, Ashley Price, MD, FRCPath c, Susan Boyle, MBBS, MRCPath cAbstract |
A 33-year-old African woman who was HIV positive and being treated with zidovudine and zalcitabine presented with a 4-week history of a generalized pruritic rash superficially resembling molluscum contagiosum. The appearance of the lesions appeared to coincide with a dramatic decrease in her peripheral CD8+, and to a lesser extent, CD4+ T-lymphocyte count. Hematologic investigations revealed anemia with eosinophilia and she had a strongly positive Strongyloides antibody test. The eruption persisted despite appropriate antihelminthic treatment and temporary withdrawal of antiretroviral therapy. Histologic examination showed ill-defined nodules of necrobiotic collagen with surrounding palisading mononuclear cell infiltrate consistent with granuloma annulare. The rash disappeared spontaneously over several weeks.
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Vol 49 - N° 2S2
P. 184-186 - agosto 2003 Ritorno al numeroBenvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.
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