Erythema elevatum diutinum in the setting of connective tissue disease and chronic bacterial infection

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-104

  Woody, Carol M ^a   Lane, Joshua E ^a   Davis, Loretta S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective tissue disease; Erythema elevatum diutinum; Recurrent infections

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA ELEVATUM DIUTINUM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MALE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMYOSITIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 17744371645     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000158540.57267.34     Document Type: Article

References (84)

1. Katz SI, Gallin JI, Hertz KC, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum: skin and systemic manifestations, immunologic studies, and successful treatment with dapsone. Medicine (Baltimore). 1977;56:443-455.
2. Yiannias JA, El-Azhary RA, Gibson LE. Erythema elevatum diutinum: a clinical and histopathologic study of 13 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992;26:38-44.
3. Hansen U, Haerslev T, Knudsen B, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum: case report showing an unusual distribution. Cutis. 1994;53:124-126.
4. Gerbig AW, Zala L, Hunziker T. Erythema elevatum diutinum. A rare dermatosis with a broad spectrum of associated illnesses. Hautarzt. 1997;48:113-117.
5. Fort SL, Rodman OG. Erythema elevatum diutinum. Response to dapsone. Arch Dermatol. 1977;113:819-822.
6. Dowd PM, Munro DD. Erythema elevatum diutinum. J Royal Soc Med. 1983;76:310-313.
7. Grabbe J, Haas N, Möller A, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum-evidence for disease-dependent leukocyte alterations and response to dapsone. Br J Dermatol. 2000;143:415-420.
8. Schumacher H, Carroll E, Taylor F, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum: cutaneous vasculitis, impaired clot lysis, and response to phenformin. J Rheumatol. 1977;4:103-112.
9. Kohler IK, Lorincz AL. Erythema elevatum diutinum treated with niacinamide and tetracycline. Arch Dermatol. 1980;116:693.
10. Henriksson R, Roher P-A, Hörnqvist R. Erythema elevatum diutinum-a case successfully treated with colchicine. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1989;14:451-453.
11. Schulze P, Audring H, Sonnichsen N. Erythema elevatum diutinum-a rare variant of skin changes in systemic lupus erythematosus. Dermatol Monatsschr. 1989;175:628-634.
12. Mraz JP, Newcomer VD. Erythema elevatum diutinum. Presentation of a case and evaluation of laboratory and immunological studies. Arch Dermatol. 1967;96:235-246.
13. Wilkinson SM, English OP, Smith NP, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum-a clinicopathological study. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1992;17:87-93.
14. Ramsey ML, Gibson B, Tschen JA, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum. Cutis. 1994;34:41-43.
15. Farella V. Erythema elevatum diutinum. Int J Dermatol. 1994;33:638-640.
16. Planaguma M, Puig C, Alomer A, et al. Pyoderma gangrenosum in association with erythema elevatum diutinum-report of 2 cases. Cutis. 1992;49:201-206.
17. Caputo R, Alessi E. Unique aspects of a lesion of erythema elevatum diutinum. Am J Dermatopathol. 1984;6:465-469.
18. English JSC, Smith NP, Kersy PJW, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum-an unusual case. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1985;10:577-580.
19. Kanitakis J, Cozzani E, Lyonnet S, et al. Ultrastructural study of chronic lesions of erythema elevatum diutinum: 'extracellular cholesterosis' is a misnomer. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993;29:363-367.
20. Cream JJ, Levene GM, Calnan CD. Erythema elevatum diutinum: an unusual reaction to streptococcal antigen and response to dapsone. Br J Dermatol. 1971;80:178.
21. Chow RK, Benny WB, Coupe RL, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum associated with IgA paraproteinemia successfully controlled with intermittent plasma exchange. Arch Dermatol. 1996;132:1360-1364.
22. Morrision JGL, Hull PR, Fourie E. Erythema elevatum diutinum, cryoglobulinaemia, and fixed urticaria on cooling. Br J Dermatol. 1977;97: 99-104.
23. Drago F, Semino M, Rampini P, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum in a patient with human herpesvirus 6 infection. Acta Derm Venereol. 1999;79:91-92.
24. Walker KD, Badame AJ. Erythema elevatum diutinum in a patient with Crohn's disease. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1990;22:948-952.
25. Futei Y, Konohana I. A case of erythema elevatum diutinum associated with B-cell lymphoma: a rare distribution involving palms, soles, and nails. Br J Dermatol. 2000;142:116-119.
26. Nakajima H, Ideda M, Yamamoto Y, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum complicated by rheumatoid arthritis. J Dermatol. 1999;26:452-456.
27. Hernández-Cano N, De Lucas R, Lázaro TE, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum after liver transplantation: disappearance of the lesions associated with a reduction in cyclosporin dosage. Ped Dermatol. 1998;15: 411-412.
28. Sangueza OP, Pilcher B, Sangueza JM. Erythema elevatum diutinum: a clinico-pathological study of eight cases. Am J Dermatopathol. 1997; 19:214-222.
29. Bachmeyer C, Aractingi S. Erythema elevatum diutinum with HIV-2 infection. Lancet. 1996;347:1041-1042.
30. Fakheri A, Gupta SM, White SM, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus. Cutis. 2001;68: 41-42.
31. Requena L, Sanchez YE, Martin L, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Another clinical simulator of Kaposi's sarcoma. Arch Dermatol. 1991;127: 1819-1822.
32. Sanz-Trelles A, Ayala-Carbonero A, Ojeda-Martos A. Erythema elevatum diutinum in an HIV+ hemophilic patient. Am J Dermatopathol. 1999;21:587-588.
33. Ellabban A, Schumacher HR Jr. Erythema elevatum diutinum with extensive acro-osteolysis. J Rheumatol. 1997;24:1203-1205.
34. Krrok G, Waldenstrom JG. Relapsing annular erythema and myeloma successfully treated with cyclophosphamide. Acta Med Scand. 1978; 203:289-292.
35. Bernard P, Bedane C, Delrous JL, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum in a patient with relapsing polychondritis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992;26:312-315.
36. Roenigk HH Jr. Necrotizing vasculitis (erythema elevatum diutinum). Arch Dermatol. 1971;104:103-105.
37. Mahoney MG, Woody MG, Wilson F. Erythema elevatum diutinum. Arch Dermatol. 1968;97:590-591.
38. Rodriguez-Serna M, Fortea JM, Perez A, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum associated with celiac disease: response to a gluten-free diet. Pediatr Dermatol. 1993;10:125-128.
39. Mohamed KN, Bahru J. Erythema elevatum diutinum: unusual eruption during antituberculosis chemotherapy. Int J Dermatol. 1988;27:277.
40. Casanova FH, Meirelles RL, Tojar M, et al. Autoimmune keratolysis in a patient with leukocytoclastic vasculitis: unusual erythema elevatum diutinum with granulomatous pattern. Cornea. 2001;20:329-332.
41. Tasanen K, Raudasoja Kallioinen M, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum in association with coeliac disease. Br J Dermatol. 1997;136:624-627.
42. Soni BP, Williford PM, White WL. Erythematous nodules in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Erythema elevatum diutinum (EED). Arch Dermatol. 1998;134:232-233, 235-236.
43. Delaporte E, Alfandari S, Fenaux P, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1994;19:188.
44. Orteu CH, McGregor JM, Whittaker SJ, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum and Crohn disease: a common pathogenic role for measles virus? Arch Dermatol. 1996;132:1523-1525.
45. Salmon P, Rademaker M, Edwards L. A continuum of neutrophilic disease occurring in a patient with ulcerative colitis. Aust J Dermatol. 1998;39:116-118.
46. Morrison JG, Hull PR, Fourie E. Elevatum diutinum, cryoglobulinaemia, and fixed urticaria on cooling. Br J Dermatol. 1977;97:99-104.
47. Degos R. Erythema elevatum diutinum avec infiltrations lipodiques au cours d'une affection bulleuse type Dühring. Bull Soc Franc Dermatol Syph. 1952;58:226-228.
48. da Cunha Bang F, Weismann K, Ralfkiaer E, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum and pre-AIDS. Acta Derm Venereol. 1986;66:272-274.
49. Leboit PE, Cockerell CJ. Nodular lesions of erythema elevatum diutinum in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993;28:919-922.
50. McDonagh AJ, Colver GB. Ulcerated nodules on the elbows, fingers, and knees. Erythema elevatum diutinum (EED). Arch Dermatol. 1993; 129:1043-1044, 1046-1047.
51. Dronda F, Gonzalez-Lopez A, Leconda M, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients-report of a case and review of the literature. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1996;21:222-225.
52. Revenga F, Vera A, Munoz A, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum and AIDS: are they related? Clin Exp Dermatol. 1997;22:250-251.
53. Suarez J, Miguelez M, Villalba R. Nodular erythema elevatum diutinum in an HIV-1 infected woman: response to dapsone and antiretroviral therapy. Br J Dermatol. 1998;138:717-718.
54. Muratori S, Carrera C, Gorani A, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum and HIV infection: a report of five cases. Br J Dermatol. 1999;141:335-338.
55. Martin JL, Dronda F, Chaves F. Erythema elevatum diutinum, a clinical entity to be considered in patients infected with HIV-1. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2001;26:725-726.
56. Cordier JF, Faure M, Hermier C, et al. Pleural effusions in an overlap syndrome of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome and erythema elevatum diutinum. Eur Respir J. 1990;3:115-118.
57. Miyagawa S, Kitamura W, Morita K, et al. Association of hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D syndrome with erythema elevatum diutinum. Br J Dermatol. 1993;128:572-574.
58. Duperrat B, Rappaport N. Erythema elevatum diutinum asocié à un myelome plasmocytaire diffuse. Bull Soc Franc Dermatol Syph. 1959; 66:6-8.
59. Sams WM Jr, Harville DD, Winkelmann RK. Necrotizing vasculitis associated with lethal reticuloendothelial diseases. Br J Dermatol. 1968; 80:555-560.
60. Vollum DI. Erythema elevatum diutinum-vesicular lesions and sulphone response. Br J Dermatol. 1968;80:178-183.
61. Stevanovic DV. Erythema elevatum et diutinum (a vegetative and ulcerative variant). Dermatol Monatsschr. 1971;157:345-355.
62. Abdel-Aziz AHM, Robertson DEH. Erythema elevatum diutinum: immunoglobulin, bacterial skin tests and response to dapsone. Cutis. 1973;12:549.
63. Thompson DM, Main RA, Beck JS, et al. Studies on a patient with leukocytoclastic vasculitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and paraproteinemia. Br J Dermatol. 1973;88:117-125.
64. Archimandritis AJ, Fertakis A, Alegakis G, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum and IgA myeloma: an interesting association. BMJ. 1977;2: 613-614.
65. Kovary PM, Dhonau H, Happle R. Paraproteinaemia in erythema elevatum diutinum. Arch Dermatol Res. 1977;260:155-158.
66. Wolff HH, Scherer R, Maciejewski W, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum II: immunoelectronmicroscopical study of leukocytoclastic vasculitis within the intracutaneous test reaction induced by streptococcal antigen. Arch Dermatol Res. 1978;261:17-26.
67. Jones RR, Riches P, Woods B. Erythema elevatum diutinum with Ig A paraproteinemia. Br J Dermatol. 1980;105(suppl 19):41-42.
68. Jones RR. The cutaneous manifestations of paraproteinaemia I. Br J Dermatol 1980;103:335-342.
69. Statham BN, Greenwood R, Tring FC, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum-a report of two unusual patients. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1983;8: 549-552.
70. Kavanagh GM, Colaco CB, Bradfield JW, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum associated with Wegener's granulomatosis and IgA paraproteinemia. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1993;28:846-849.
71. Wayte JA, Rogers S, Powell FC. Pyoderma gangrenosum, erythema elevatum diutinum and IgA monoclonal gammopathy. Aust J Dermatol. 1995;36:21-23.
72. Chowdhury MM, Serhat Inaloz H, Motley RJ, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum and IgA paraproteinaemia: 'a preclinical iceberg.' Int J Dermatol. 2002;41:368-370.
73. Wakata N, Nakazato A, Sugimoto H, et al. A case of myasthenia gravis accompanied by erythema elevatum diutinum and rheumatoid arthritis. J Neurol. 2001;248:435-436.
74. Queipo de Llano M, Yebra M, Cabrera R, et al. Myelodysplastic syndrome in association with erythema elevatum diutinum. J Rheumatol. 1992;19:1005-1006.
75. Aractingi S, Bachmeyer C, Dombret H, et al. Simultaneous occurrence of two rare cutaneous markers of poor prognosis in myelodysplastic syndrome: erythema elevatum diutinum and specific lesions. Br J Dermatol. 1994;131:112-117.
76. Takiwaki H, Kubo Y, Tsuda H, et al. Peripheral ulcerative keratitis associated with erythema elevatum diutinum and a positive rheumatoid factor: a report of three cases. Br J Dermatol. 1998;138:893-897.
77. Creus L, Salleras M, Sola MA, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum associated with pulmonary infiltrates. Br J Dermatol. 1997;137: 652-653.
78. Wong E, Greaves MW. Pyoderma gangrenosum and leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1985;10:68-72.
79. Delgado J, Gomez-Cerezo J, Siguenza M, et al. Relapsing polychondritis and erythema elevatum diutinum: an unusual association refractory to dapsone. J Rheumatol. 2001;28:634-635.
80. Tanzer FR, Lynfield YL. Erythema elevatum diutinum. Arch Dermatol. 1978;114:802-803.
81. Collier PM, Neill SM, Branfoot AC, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum-a solitary lesion in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1990;15:394-395.
82. Shimazaki J, Yang HY, Shimmura S, et al. Terrien's marginal degeneration associated with erythema elevatum diutinum. Cornea. 1998;17: 342-344.
83. Buahene K, Hudson M, Mowat A, et al. Erythema elevatum diutinum-an unusual association with ulcerative colitis. Clin Exp Dermatol. 1991;16:204-206.
84. Okun MR, Bauman L, Minor D. Granuloma faciale with lesions on the face and hand. Arch Dermatol. 1965;92:78-80.