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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
We report the case of a 72-year-old woman with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease who presented a large purplish erythematous and edematous lesion, with subsequent bullous detachment on the anterior right thigh. The lesion rapidly evolved into an ulcer covered by a blackish necrotic eschar. Histological examination showed intense necrotizing leukocytoclastic vasculitis in the deep and middle dermis. Direct immunofluorescence revealed C3 and IgM deposits around vessels of the middle and deep dermis. The diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob's was confirmed post-mortem by immunoblotting on frozen brain tissue which showed pathologic proteinase-resistant prion-related protein isoform glycotype 2A. In the literature, only two cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease and cutaneous manifestations are reported.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1167-1122
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Skin vasculitis during Creutzfeldt-Jakob's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Dermatology, University of Sassari, Italy. rsatta@uniss.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports