Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review

Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and potentially fatal variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and is characterized by high fever, constitutional symptoms, and acute oncet of ulceronecrotic lesions. We present an 11-year-old male with Febrile Ulceronecrotic M...

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Main Authors: Isil Bulur, Hilal Kaya Erdoğan, Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu, Deniz Arık
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357973
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description Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and potentially fatal variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and is characterized by high fever, constitutional symptoms, and acute oncet of ulceronecrotic lesions. We present an 11-year-old male with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease who was cured with methotrexate and review the use of methotrexate for this disorder in the pediatric age group with the relevant literature.
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spelling doaj-art-4924a0ca708b47d394ca31acc7c60d392025-02-03T01:27:40ZengWileyCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712015-01-01201510.1155/2015/357973357973Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature ReviewIsil Bulur0Hilal Kaya Erdoğan1Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu2Deniz Arık3Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Eskişehir, TurkeyFebrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and potentially fatal variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and is characterized by high fever, constitutional symptoms, and acute oncet of ulceronecrotic lesions. We present an 11-year-old male with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease who was cured with methotrexate and review the use of methotrexate for this disorder in the pediatric age group with the relevant literature.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357973
spellingShingle Isil Bulur
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Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
title Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort methotrexate treatment in children with febrile ulceronecrotic mucha habermann disease case report and literature review
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/357973
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