Mixed panniculitis responding to cyclosporin-A with a 12-month follow-up: A case report

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1143-1146

  Migliore, A ^a,c   Bizzi, E ^a   Santacroce, C M ^b   Tarquini, E ^b   Massafra, U ^a   Vacca, F ^a   Martin Martin, L S ^d  

^a S Pietro FBF Hospital   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Mixed panniculitis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; LANSOPRAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MIXED PANNICULITIS; PANNICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 76349103733     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463200902200433     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Avilés Izquierdo JA, Recarte García-Andrade C, Suárez Fernández R, Lázaro Ochaita P, Lecona Echevarría M, de Portugal Alvarez J. Subcutaneous panniculitis at a third level hospital retrospective study of 113 cases. An Med Interna 2004; 21:108-12.
2. Requena L, MD. Normal subcutaneous fat, necrosis of adipocytes and classification of the panniculitides. Semin Cutan Med Surg 2007; 26:66-70.
3. Requena L, Yus ES. Panniculitis. Part I. Mostly septal panniculitis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001; 45: 163-83.
4. Moreno A, Marcoval J, Peyri J. Traumatic panniculitis. Dermatol Clin 2008; 26:481-3.
5. Kovács M, Hafner J, Gábor V, Sipos J. Successful treatment of Weber-Christian panniculitis with cyclosporin-A. Orv Heti. 2004; 145:827-31.
6. Nakane S, Kawabe Y, Eguchi K, Kita A, Mizokami A, Yamasaki H, Nagataki S. A case of cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis: successful treatment of recurrent attacks with steroid pulse therapy and oral cyclosporin A. Clin Rheumatol 1997; 16:417-21.
7. Ostrov BE, Athreya BH, Eichenfield AH, Goldsmith DF. Successful treatment of severe cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis with cyclosporine A. Semin Arthritis Rheu 1996; 25:404-13.
8. Iwasaki T, Hamano T, Ogata A, Hashimoto N, Kakishita E. Successful treatment of a patient with febrile, lobular panniculitis (Weber-Christian disease) with oral cyclosporin A: implications for pathogenesis and therapy. Intern Med 1999; 38:612-4.
9. Cantarini L, Fanti F, Galeazzi M, Martino S, Miracco C, Biagioli M, Dal Canto N, Cimaz R. Efficacy of cyclosporine A treatment in relapsing febrile lobular panniculitis associated with small vessel vasculitis. Rheumatol Int 2009 (Epub ahead of print).