ABSTRACT
Bacillary angiomatosis is a vasculoproliferative infectious disease mostly recorded in patients with human immunodeficiency virus and rarely in organ transplant recipients. We report the first case of bacillary angiomatosis due to Bartonella quintana in a paediatric renal transplant patient with skin, lymph node and bone involvement with excellent response to doxycycline. Click here for the corresponding questions to this CME article.
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Angiomatosis, Bacillary , Bartonella quintana , Kidney Transplantation , Skin Diseases , Child , Doxycycline , Humans , Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects , Skin Diseases/drug therapy , Transplant RecipientsABSTRACT
CLAPO syndrome (Capillary vascular malformation of the lower lip, Lymphatic malformations of the head and neck, Asymmetry and Partial or generalized Overgrowth) is a nonfrequent pathology. This syndrome is characterized by the capillary malformation (CM) of the lower lip, a very important clinical sign when diagnosing CLAPO. The aim of our report is to demonstrate that rapamycin could be a reliable and safe targeted therapy in lymphatic malformations (LMs). This drug is useful in reducing the LM's size before final surgical treatment. The clinical and radiological evolution of a patient with CLAPO syndrome is reported in this article, before and after the treatment with rapamycin.
