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Cortés-Guzmán JS, Veloza KT, Domínguez JD, Pinzón-Tovar A. [Leukocytoclastic vasculitis as an adverse effect of propylthiouracil. A case report]. Rev Alerg Mex 2023; 70:51-54. [PMID: 37566757 DOI: 10.29262/ram.v70i1.1210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is Graves' disease. Propylthiouracil (PTU) is one of the drugs used to treat this disease. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis is described among dermatologic adverse effects of PTU. CASE REPORT A 18-year-old woman, allergic to methimazole, developed a vasculitis associated to ANCAs with characteristics of leukocytoclastic vasculitis, associated to PTU treatment. She did not present systemic involvement. PTU treatment was suspended. Two months later, the skin lesions had almost completely resolved. CONCLUSIONS Leukocytoclastic vasculitis should be considered in the spectrum of complications caused by the consumption of propylthiouracil. The lesions can manifest over time, from a few weeks to years after taking the drug. When there is no systemic involvement, propylthiouracil suspension is sufficient to cure the disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- José Santiago Cortés-Guzmán
- Epidemiólogo, residente de tercer año, posgrado de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Surcolombiana, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo, Neiva, Huila, Colombia.
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- Estudiante de Medicina, Programa de Medicina, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Huila, Colombia
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- Médico Internista y Epidemiólogo, servicio de Medicina interna, Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo. Docente de la Facultad de Salud, Universidad Surcolombiana, Neiva, Huila, Colombia
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- Médico Internista y Endocrinólogo, Hospital Universitario Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo, Neiva, Huila, Colombia
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Sánchez-Velázquez A, Bauer-Alonso A, Estrach T, Vega-Díez D, Garcia-Muret P, Haya L, Peñate Y, Acebo E, Fernández de Misa R, Blanes M, Suh-Oh HJ, Izu R, Silva-Díaz E, Sarriugarte J, Román-Curto C, Botella-Estrada R, Mateu-Puchades A, Prieto-Torres L, Morillas V, Morillo M, Sánchez-Caminero P, Calzado L, Pérez-Ferriols A, Pérez A, Domínguez JD, Navedo M, Muniesa C, Combalia A, Arroyo-Andrés J, Descalzo MA, García-Doval I, Ortiz-Romero PL. Patients with primary cutaneous lymphoma are at risk for severe COVID-19. Data from the Spanish Primary Cutaneous Lymphoma Registry. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e624-e626. [PMID: 34062018 PMCID: PMC8242655 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A Sánchez-Velázquez
- Department of Dermatology, Institute i+12, CIBERONC, Medical School, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinico, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno-Infantil, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de Cruces, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- SERGAS-UVIGO, DIPO Research Group, Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IIS Galicia Sur), Pontevedra, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Basurto, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario la Fé, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Lozano Blesa, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Rocío, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de Torrejón, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora De Valme, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario del Henares, Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinico, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Institute i+12, CIBERONC, Medical School, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Fundación Piel Sana AEDV, León, Spain
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- Unidad de Investigación, Fundación Piel Sana AEDV, León, Spain.,Department of Dermatology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Dermatology, Institute i+12, CIBERONC, Medical School, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Salaiza-Suazo N, Volkow P, Tamayo R, Moll H, Gillitzer R, Pérez-Torres A, Pérez-Montfort R, Domínguez JD, Velasco-Castrejón O, Crippa M, Becker I. Treatment of two patients with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania mexicana modifies the immunohistological profile but not the disease outcome. Trop Med Int Health 1999; 4:801-11. [PMID: 10632987 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00491.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Two patients with diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania mexicana were treated with two leishmanicidal drugs (pentamidine and allopurinol) combined with recombinant interferon-gamma restoring Th-1 favouring conditions in the patients. Parasites decreased dramatically in the lesions and macrophages diminished concomitantly, while IL-12-producing Langerhans cells and interferon-gamma- producing NK and CD8 + lymphocytes increased in a reciprocal manner. The CD4+/CD8 + ratio in the peripheral blood normalized. During exogenous administration of interferon-gamma the parasites' capacity to inhibit the oxidative burst of the patients' monocytes was abolished. Even though Th-1-favouring conditions were restored, both patients relapsed two months after therapy was discontinued. We conclude that the tendency to develop a disease-promoting Th-2 response in DCL patients is unaffected by, and independent of, parasite numbers. Even though intensive treatment in DCL patients induced Th-1 disease restricting conditions, the disease-promoting immunomodulation of few persistent Leishmania sufficed to revert the immune response.
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- N Salaiza-Suazo
- Departamento de Medicina Experimental, Faculdad de Medicina, UNAM, Mexico
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