Dermatological Lesions of Cholesterol Embolisation Syndrome and Kaposi Sarcoma Mimic Primary Systemic Vasculitis: Case report study.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
; 23(2): 256-258, 2023 May.
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| ID: mdl-37377818
ABSTRACT
Primary systemic vasculitis can present with a wide spectrum of manifestations ranging from systemic non-specific features such as fever, malaise, arthralgia and myalgia to specific organ damage. We describe two cases of cholesterol embolisation syndrome and Kaposi sarcoma mimicking primary systemic vasculitis, both of which were characterised by features such as livedo reticularis, blue toe syndrome, a brown purpuric skin rash and positive perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies associated with Kaposi sarcoma. Establishing the right diagnosis was challenging and thus this report aimed to highlight the possible ways to distinguish them from primary systemic vasculitis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sarcoma, Kaposi
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Blue Toe Syndrome
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Livedo Reticularis
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Systemic Vasculitis
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Arabia Saudita