Malignant atrophic papulosis
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 100 (1) , 21-35
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1979.tb03566.x
Abstract
The lethal intestino-cutaneous syndrome [in humans] which was described in 1942 as malignant atrophic papulosis (MAP) has gained various other visceral sites. The cutaneous eruption remains the constant and pathognomonic symptom, which, despite its benign appearance harbors a serious prognosis because of the frequently very severe lesions in the small intestine and sometimes of the nervous system. The histological structure shows zones of necrosis (dermal in the skin) due to vasculitis with a tendency to thrombosis, affecting the small vessels below the lesion and with little or no inflammatory reaction, which differentiates it from other angiitis. The etiology remains uncertain and the treatment is disappointing although heparin appears to be helpful occasionally.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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