Tummidi Santosh, Nagendran Prabhakaran, Gedela Swaroopa, Ramani Jami Rupa, Shankaralingappa Arundhathi
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
J Med Case Rep. 2020 Oct 29;14(1):204. doi: 10.1186/s13256-020-02514-6.
Degos disease is a very rare syndrome with multisystem vasculopathy of unknown cause. It can affect the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and central nervous system. However, other organs such as the kidney, lungs, pleura, and liver can also be involved.
A 35-year-old Hindu woman presented to our dermatology outpatient department with complaints of depigmented painful lesions. A skin punch biopsy taken from the porcelain white atrophic papules which revealed features of Degos disease.
The diagnosis of Degos disease is usually based on the presence of the pathognomonic skin lesions and a tissue biopsy demonstrating a wedge-shaped area of necrosis with thrombotic occlusion of the small arterioles. No specific treatment is currently available for this disease.
德戈斯病是一种非常罕见的综合征,病因不明,具有多系统血管病变。它可累及皮肤、胃肠道和中枢神经系统。然而,肾脏、肺、胸膜和肝脏等其他器官也可能受累。
一名35岁的印度教女性因色素脱失性疼痛性皮损前来我院皮肤科门诊就诊。从瓷白色萎缩性丘疹处取皮肤打孔活检,结果显示为德戈斯病的特征。
德戈斯病的诊断通常基于特征性皮肤损害的存在以及组织活检显示的小动脉血栓性闭塞导致的楔形坏死区域。目前尚无针对该疾病的特效治疗方法。