Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans: a case report and review of the literature.

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-2010

Abstract

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) is a rare tertiary manifestation of Lyme borreliosis, manifesting as inflammatory and atrophic lesions on acral skin. Although ACA rarely has been reported in the United States, it may be seen in approximately 10% of European cases of Lyme borreliosis, most commonly associated with the genospecies Borrelia afzelii. We report a presumptive case of ACA involving an American woman from Pennsylvania with convincing clinical, histopathologic, and serologic findings. We also provide an overview of the history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical and histopathologic presentation, and treatment of ACA.

Volume

85

Issue

5

First Page

247

Last Page

252

ISSN

0011-4162

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

20540415

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article

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