Erythema Elevatum Diutinum in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patient

Kim, Jung Min; Song, Seung-Ho; Park, Yumi; Eom, Minseob; Kim, Hyun Soo; Choi, Eung Ho; Choi, Hee Kyoung; Kim, Hyo Youl; Kim, Young Keun

doi:10.3947/ic.2012.44.4.319

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“…In addition, ART should be introduced in these cases, in association with dapsone. [12] Rao et al . reported a case of a 52-year-old HIV-infected female patient who presented with nodular EED mimicking Kaposi's Sarcoma.…”

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Erythema elevatum diutinum in acquired immune deficiency syndrome: Can it be an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome?

Jose

Marfatia

2016

Indian J Sex Transm Dis

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A 47-year-old male with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) presented with multiple hyperpigmented papules and nodules on both ankles, dorsum of bilateral feet and soles. It was associated with mild itching and pain. The patient was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2007. First-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) was started in 2009 to which he responded initially. He was shifted to second-line ART 11 months ago in March 2015 due to treatment failure as suggested by CD4 count of 50 cells/mm3. The present skin lesions started 2 months after the initiation of second-line ART. Differential diagnoses considered were Kaposi's sarcoma and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) related infections, but biopsy was suggestive of erythema elevatum diutinum (EED). Patient was started on oral dapsone 100 mg/day and increased to 200 mg/day to which he is responding gradually. In the present case, appearance of the lesions after initiation of second-line ART coupled with increase in CD4 count and decrease of viral load below undetectable level suggest that EED could be an IRIS.

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