TY - JOUR
T1 - Painless erythema of the hands associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a lung transplant recipient
AU - Hofbauer, G F L
AU - Boehler, A
AU - Speich, R
AU - Burg, G
AU - Nestle, F O
PY - 2002/5/1
Y1 - 2002/5/1
N2 - Acral erythema limited to the fingers or the hands has been described in systemic disease. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient who bad undergone lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. Six weeks after transplantation, rapidly growing large-cell immunoblastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the lungs and mediastinum was diagnosed. Sharply demarcated, painless, glovelike erythema was found on both hands. Therapy was reduction of immunosuppression and 12 cycles of extracorporeal photophoresis. After 4 months, lymphoma was in clinical and radiologic remission. Bilateral erythema of the hands also had disappeared. Acral erythema has been reported in association with chemotherapy, collagen vascular disease, infections as with H-TV, hepatitis C virus, parvovirus B19, or cytomegalovirus. None of the described associations were detected in this case
AB - Acral erythema limited to the fingers or the hands has been described in systemic disease. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient who bad undergone lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. Six weeks after transplantation, rapidly growing large-cell immunoblastic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the lungs and mediastinum was diagnosed. Sharply demarcated, painless, glovelike erythema was found on both hands. Therapy was reduction of immunosuppression and 12 cycles of extracorporeal photophoresis. After 4 months, lymphoma was in clinical and radiologic remission. Bilateral erythema of the hands also had disappeared. Acral erythema has been reported in association with chemotherapy, collagen vascular disease, infections as with H-TV, hepatitis C virus, parvovirus B19, or cytomegalovirus. None of the described associations were detected in this case
U2 - 10.1067/mjd.2002.108488
DO - 10.1067/mjd.2002.108488
M3 - Article
VL - 46
SP - S159 - S160
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
IS - 5
ER -
