MULTIFOCAL FIBROSCLEROSIS: CUTANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS
作者:
G. O. Fischer,
W. E. Launey,
期刊:
Australasian Journal of Dermatology
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 27,
issue 1
页码: 19-26
ISSN:0004-8380
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-0960.1986.tb00279.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
SummaryThere is a group of disorders characterized by simultaneous and progressive fibrosis of several discrete regions of the body. This disease complex, “multifocal fibrosclerosis”, most commonly involves the retroperitoneal and mediastinal compartments and may be accompanied by cutaneous lesions. In most cases the aetiology is unknown but there is good evidence, supported by the patient we describe, for a vasculitic origin in a significant proportion of patients.We report a case of multifocal fibrosclerosis associated with cutaneous lesions. These included livedo reticularis and recurrent, painful nodules and pustules on the legs and feet, which progressed to chronic ulceration. Histologically there was evidence of an underlying necrotising vasculitis.A review of the cutaneous changes that have been reported in association with multifocal fibrosclerosis allows speculation regarding the aetiology of the disease proc
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