Scleroderma-like form of lipoid necrobiosis in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Abstract

A 33-year-old female patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura complained of rashes on the skin of the lower extremities, accompanied by moderate itching and a feeling of skin tightness, as well as a histologically verified diagnosis of lipoid necrobiosis. A combined treatment was carried out with the glucocorticosteroid Methylprednisolone at a dose of 32 mg per day in combination with PUVA therapy with 0.3% solution of ammi majus fructuum furocumarines, with a positive effect in the form of a decrease in the color intensity and induction of rashes, under the control of platelet levels. When using the method of PUVA-therapy with 0.3% solution of ammi majus fructuum furocumarines, there was an improvement in the 8th phototherapy procedure, however, due to a decrease in the level of platelets in the blood, the course of phototherapy was suspended. The method of PUVA therapy with 0.3% solution of ammi majus fructuum furocumarines turned out to be clinically effective in the treatment of lipoid necrobiosis, however, the presence of concomitant pathology in the patient requires an interdisciplinary approach to the choice of treatment tactics.

Keywords

• lipoid necrobiosis
• puva-therapy
• idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura