Unusual clinical manifestation of a disfiguring necrobiotic granulomatous disease

M Willemsen; A De Coninck; A Goossens; J DeCree; D Roseeuw

doi:10.1016/0190-9622(95)90429-8

Unusual clinical manifestation of a disfiguring necrobiotic granulomatous disease

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995 Nov;33(5 Pt 2):887-90. doi: 10.1016/0190-9622(95)90429-8.

Authors

M Willemsen¹, A De Coninck, A Goossens, J DeCree, D Roseeuw

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 7593803
DOI: 10.1016/0190-9622(95)90429-8

Abstract

A 39-year-old woman had a disfiguring granulomatous disease of 36 years' duration. Nodules appeared on her lower extremities and later extended to her face; this led to ulceration and destruction of the nasal cartilage. This disease of unknown origin does not conform to any previously described entity. Some patients with a similar case presentation have been observed in France.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Biopsy
CD4-CD8 Ratio
Female
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / diagnosis*
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / drug therapy
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic / immunology
Humans
Leg
Nasal Septum
Necrobiotic Disorders / diagnosis*
Necrobiotic Disorders / drug therapy
Necrobiotic Disorders / immunology
Nose
Skin / microbiology
Skin / pathology