Rapid recovery in a child with febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease following intravenous immunoglobulin administration

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Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (FUMHD), a lymphocyte-mediated inflammatory skin disorder, is considered a severe variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta that can lead to a fatal outcome if not managed in a timely fashion. Children with FUMHD can have systemic complications involving various organs. The scarcity of reported cases and the absence of well-designed studies or randomized clinical trials to evaluate different therapeutic modalities pose a major challenge in treating this potentially life-threatening disorder. We report a five-year-old child with FUMHD and seizures treated unsuccessfully with a combination of systemic steroids, methotrexate, dapsone, and oral erythromycin, who improved rapidly and achieved disease control with just a single infusion of low-dose intravenous immunoglobulin.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Pediatric dermatology - (2024) vom: 17. Jan.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Somasundaram, Arun [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Ankan [VerfasserIn]
Sathishkumar, Dharshini [VerfasserIn]
Mathew, Lydia [VerfasserIn]
George, Anju [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Meera [VerfasserIn]

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Case Reports
Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease (FUMHD)
IVIg
Intravenous immunoglobulins
PLEVA (pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta)

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Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1111/pde.15516

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NLM367245930