%0 Journal Article
%T Eritrodermia: estudo cl¨ªnico-laboratorial e histopatol¨®gico de 170 casos
%A Fernandes
%A Nurimar C.
%A Pereira
%A Fab¨ªola de Souza e Mello
%A Maceira
%A Juan Pi£¿eiro
%A Cuzzi
%A Tullia
%A Dresch
%A Tha¨ªs Felix Leit£¿o Rosa
%A Ara¨²jo
%A Paula Pereira
%J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
%D 2008
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
%R 10.1590/S0365-05962008000600005
%X background - exfoliative dermatitis (erythroderma) is a rare, severe syndrome, frequently of unknown etiology. the hospitalization is required for the initial evaluation and to establish the treatment. objective - to determine the clinical, laboratorial and histologic profile of erythrodermic inpatients at hucff-ufrj. methods - in the period 1990-2007, 170 patients were submitted to complete blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, blood urea, glucose and creatinine, liver function tests, proteinogram, circulating s£¿£¿zary cells count, chest x rays and skin biopsy of three areas. results - from 92 male and 78 female aging 30 to 80 years, a preexisting dermatosis was identified in 99 cases (58,23%), reaction to internal drugs in 37 cases (21,77%), t cell cutaneous lymphomas in 18 cases (10,58%); in 16 cases (9,47%), a causative factor could not be disclosed. chills, pruritus, lymphadenopathy, lower limbs edema were the most freq¨¹ent signs/symptoms. elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, eosinophilia, leukocytosis, peripheral blood lymphocytosis and anemia were the most common laboratory findings. among the idiopathic cases, two histological patterns were noticed: psoriasiform and inespecific dermatitis. conclusion - the main cause of erythroderma was psoriasis; three simultaneous skin biopsies can enhance the accuracy of the histopathologic diagnosis.
%K dermatitis
%K exfoliative
%K dermatitis
%K exfoliative [diagnosis]
%K dermatitis
%K exfoliative [etiology]
%K psoriasis.
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