Lobular panniculitis with small vessel vasculitis associated with ulcerative colitis

Enrico Beccastrini; Giacomo Emmi; Danilo Squatrito; Gabriella Nesi; Fabio Almerigogna; Lorenzo Emmi

doi:10.1007/s10165-011-0428-5

Lobular panniculitis with small vessel vasculitis associated with ulcerative colitis

Mod Rheumatol. 2011 Oct;21(5):528-31. doi: 10.1007/s10165-011-0428-5. Epub 2011 Feb 20.

Authors

Enrico Beccastrini¹, Giacomo Emmi, Danilo Squatrito, Gabriella Nesi, Fabio Almerigogna, Lorenzo Emmi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedicine, Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Florence, Viale GB Morgagni 85, 50134, Florence, Italy. [email protected]

PMID: 21336974
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-011-0428-5

Abstract

We report a rare case of lobular panniculitis with small vessel vasculitis, presenting with fever, cutaneous lesions, and systemic manifestations involving the visceral fat and associated with ulcerative colitis. The patient was treated with cyclophosphamide and prednisolone, which successfully cured the systemic disease, with resolution of the inflammatory infiltrates.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy
Cyclophosphamide / therapeutic use
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Intra-Abdominal Fat / pathology
Male
Panniculitis / complications*
Panniculitis / drug therapy
Panniculitis / pathology
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Pyoderma Gangrenosum / complications*
Pyoderma Gangrenosum / drug therapy
Pyoderma Gangrenosum / pathology
Vasculitis / complications*
Vasculitis / drug therapy
Vasculitis / pathology

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Immunosuppressive Agents
Cyclophosphamide
Prednisolone