Lichen amyloidosus associated with Kimura's disease: successful treatment with cyclosporine.

Abstract

We describe here a case of a 33-year-old man who had lichen amyloidosus associated with Kimura's disease. In this case, treatment with cyclosporine dramatically improved the lesions of both Kimura's disease and lichen amyloidosus. Although Kimura's disease and lichen amyloidosus are both rare distinct entities, to our knowledge, 11 cases of association of Kimura's disease and lichen amyloidosus have been described previously.

• Authors: Yuichi Teraki, Michie Katsuta, Tetsuo Shiohara
• Journal: Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) (Dermatology) Vol. 204 Issue 2 Pg. 133-5 ( 2002) ISSN: 1018-8665 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 11937739 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel

Chemical References

• Dermatologic Agents
• Immunoglobulin E
• Cyclosporine

Topics

• Adult
• Amyloidosis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia (complications, drug therapy)
• Cyclosporine (therapeutic use)
• Dermatologic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Immunoglobulin E (blood)
• Lichenoid Eruptions (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• Male
• Treatment Outcome