%0 Journal Article %T Tratamento de vasculopatia lived¨Žide com imunoglobulina intravenosa %A Sobral Filho %A Jader Freire %A Valdek %A Milane Caroline de Oliveira %A Rodrigues %A Luiza Toscano Dias %J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia %D 2008 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia %R 10.1590/S0365-05962008000400014 %X livedoid vasculopathy presents with pain and slowly healing ulcerations of the lower limbs, and has obscure pathophysiology. usual therapeutics include rheologic, anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressing agents with no reports of permanent benefits. immunoglobulin was administered to a patient who was refractory to other treatments and skin involvement was assessed by means of clinical score before and after treatment. there was a significant healing of the lesions. imunoglobulim was well tolerated and therapy was discontinued. %K immunoglobulin %K intravenous %K skin diseases %K vascular %K treatment outcome. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-05962008000400014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en