Case Report
Successful Treatment of Severe Single-Organ Cutaneous Small-Vessel Vasculitis with Pulse Steroid, Cyclophosphamide and Mycophenolic Acid
1 Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Venereology
2 Department of Pathology, İzmir, Turkey
Anahtar Kelimeler: Single-organ cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis; Severe; Necrosis; Pulse steroid; Cyclophosphamide; Mycophenolic acid
Keywords: Single-organ cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis; Severe; Necrosis; Pulse steroid; Cyclophosphamide; Mycophenolic acid
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Observation:
There is no evidence based recommendation for the treatment of single-organ cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis. Cutaneous vasculitis with massive necrotic skin lesions should be treated with aggressive immunosupressive drugs since necrotic lesions are indicators of mortality and disease relapses according to retrospective studies. Here we report a case of single-organ cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis which was successfully treated with pulse steroid, cyclophosphamide and mycophenolic acid.