Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease - a case and treatment review

Dermatol Online J. 2024 Apr 15;30(2). doi: 10.5070/D330263582.

Abstract

Febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease is a rare and severe variant of pityriasis lichenoides, characterized by sudden onset of generalized ulceronecrotic papules that rapidly coalesce into ulcers associated with high fever. Systemic manifestations such as intravascular disseminated coagulation and pulmonary, cardiac, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system involvement are common. Treatment is based on oral corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs such as methotrexate, and general supportive treatment. The present case describes a stepwise approach to a patient with Mucha-Habermann disease with insufficient response to methotrexate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Fever / etiology
  • Herpes Simplex
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Methotrexate* / therapeutic use
  • Pityriasis Lichenoides* / drug therapy
  • Pityriasis Lichenoides* / pathology
  • Skin Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Skin Ulcer / etiology
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Methotrexate

Supplementary concepts

  • Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease