TY - JOUR
T1 - Primary idiopathic cutaneous pustular vasculitis
AU - McNeely, M. Carol
AU - Jorizzo, Joseph L.
AU - Solomon, Alvin R.
AU - Schmalstieg, Frank C.
AU - Cavallo, Tito
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Departments of Dermatology* and Pathology,** the Di-vision of Pediatric Immunology and Allergy,*** and the Division of Renal Immunopathology,**** University of Texas Medical Branch. Supported by a grant (RR-73) from the General Clinical Research Centers Program, Division of Research Resources, National In-stitutes of Health. Reprint requests to: Dr. Joseph L. Jorizzo, Department of Derma-tology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Pustular cutaneous vasculitis results from a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by pustules on purpuric bases. Although the cause of this group of conditions is diverse, the histopathologic picture of the lesions is the same, showing a Sweet’s-like or leukocytoclastic vasculitis. These distinctive lesions may occur in patients with Behçet’s syndrome, bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome, or chronic gonococcemia. We describe, for the first time, a patient with primary idiopathic cutaneous pustular vasculitis. This patient had evidence of both circulating immune complexes and serum enhancement of neutrophil migration. Extensive evaluation failed to reveal any underlying systemic disease. A classification of the pustular vasculitides is proposed.
AB - Pustular cutaneous vasculitis results from a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by pustules on purpuric bases. Although the cause of this group of conditions is diverse, the histopathologic picture of the lesions is the same, showing a Sweet’s-like or leukocytoclastic vasculitis. These distinctive lesions may occur in patients with Behçet’s syndrome, bowel-associated dermatosis-arthritis syndrome, or chronic gonococcemia. We describe, for the first time, a patient with primary idiopathic cutaneous pustular vasculitis. This patient had evidence of both circulating immune complexes and serum enhancement of neutrophil migration. Extensive evaluation failed to reveal any underlying systemic disease. A classification of the pustular vasculitides is proposed.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0190-9622(86)70116-3
DO - 10.1016/S0190-9622(86)70116-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 3519700
AN - SCOPUS:0022483733
SN - 0190-9622
VL - 14
SP - 939
EP - 944
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 5
ER -