Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine (Jan 2015)

Methotrexate Treatment in Children with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease: Case Report and Literature Review

  • Isil Bulur,
  • Hilal Kaya Erdoğan,
  • Zeynep Nurhan Saracoglu,
  • Deniz Arık

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/357973
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2015

Abstract

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Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and potentially fatal variant of pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta and is characterized by high fever, constitutional symptoms, and acute oncet of ulceronecrotic lesions. We present an 11-year-old male with Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease who was cured with methotrexate and review the use of methotrexate for this disorder in the pediatric age group with the relevant literature.