Degos disease in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

[malignant atrophic papulosis]

Malignant atrophic papulosis is a rare disorder characterized by pathognomonic cutaneous lesions that consist of infarctive thrombosis . Visceral involvement often occurs ; the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system are most frequently involved . Malignant atrophic papulosis has not been previously described in an AIDS patient . We describe a 58 -year -old homosexual man with AIDS who developed typical cutaneous lesions of malignant atrophic papulosis . No visceral involvement has been detected in 2 years .

Diseases
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Diseases presenting "gastrointestinal tract" symptom

benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis

carcinoma of the gallbladder

cowden syndrome

cutaneous mastocytosis

dedifferentiated liposarcoma

epidermolysis bullosa simplex

erdheim-chester disease

esophageal adenocarcinoma

esophageal carcinoma

familial mediterranean fever

hirschsprung disease

malignant atrophic papulosis

megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome

proteus syndrome

pyomyositis

triple a syndrome

waldenström macroglobulinemia

well-differentiated liposarcoma

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