Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection
Abstract: Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythemat...
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| author | Luciane Francisca Fernandes Botelho Milvia Maria Simões e Silva Enokihara Mauro Yoshiaki Enokihara |
| author_facet | Luciane Francisca Fernandes Botelho Milvia Maria Simões e Silva Enokihara Mauro Yoshiaki Enokihara |
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| description | Abstract: Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythematous peripheral rim located on the lower limbs. After blood transfusion and oral zinc supplementation the patient presented an improvement of lesions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f80f87c8faf47db803530bdfb6326052022-12-22T04:15:28ZengSociedade Brasileira de DermatologiaAnais Brasileiros de Dermatologia0365-05962016-10-0191564965110.1590/abd1806-4841.20164203Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infectionLuciane Francisca Fernandes BotelhoMilvia Maria Simões e Silva EnokiharaMauro Yoshiaki EnokiharaAbstract: Necrolytic acral erythema is a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection. We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with hepatitis C virus infection and decreased zinc serum level. Physical examination revealed scaly, lichenified plaques, well-demarcated with an erythematous peripheral rim located on the lower limbs. After blood transfusion and oral zinc supplementation the patient presented an improvement of lesions.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v91n5/0365-0596-abd-91-05-0649.pdfHepatitis C, chronicNecrolytic migratory erythemaZinc deficiency |
| spellingShingle | Luciane Francisca Fernandes Botelho Milvia Maria Simões e Silva Enokihara Mauro Yoshiaki Enokihara Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia Hepatitis C, chronic Necrolytic migratory erythema Zinc deficiency |
| title | Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection |
| title_full | Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection |
| title_fullStr | Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection |
| title_short | Necrolytic acral erythema: a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis C virus infection |
| title_sort | necrolytic acral erythema a rare skin disease associated with hepatitis c virus infection |
| topic | Hepatitis C, chronic Necrolytic migratory erythema Zinc deficiency |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v91n5/0365-0596-abd-91-05-0649.pdf |
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